"Injury Severity Score" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An anatomic severity scale based on the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and developed specifically to score multiple traumatic injuries. It has been used as a predictor of mortality.
| Descriptor ID |
D015601
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.940.968.875.500 E05.944.600 N04.452.859.564.800.500 N05.715.360.300.715.500.800.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Injury Severity Score- Injury Severity Score
- Injury Severity Scores
- Score, Injury Severity
- Scores, Injury Severity
- ISS Score
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Injury Severity Score" by people in this website by year, and whether "Injury Severity Score" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2022 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Injury Severity Score" by people in Profiles.
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The use of temporary intravascular shunting to improve resource utilization is safe and effective for penetrating peripheral vascular trauma. Injury. 2026 Sep; 57(9):113414.
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Mechanism matters: differences in injury patterns and outcomes between ballistic and non-ballistic iliac wing fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2026 Jun 01; 36(1).
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Thrombotic and thromboembolic events were not associated with tranexamic acid in three large randomized controlled trials. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Jul 01; 101(1):48-56.
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Hospital-based psychological consultation relates to post-discharge treatment engagement following violent injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Sep 01; 101(3):503-510.
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Tranexamic acid bolus plus drip paradoxically increases complement activation: A PATCH trial secondary study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 May 01; 100(5):747-753.
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Brain and body: Early decision making and outcomes for multiply injured patients with penetrating brain injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Mar 01; 100(3):478-483.
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Variable management of pediatric blunt renal trauma: A multicenter retrospective cohort study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 09 01; 99(3):387-396.
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Age matters: A Secondary Analysis of Endothelial Biomarkers in the Prehospital Tranexamic Acid for Traumatic Brain Injury Trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 10 01; 99(4):541-550.
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Association between prehospital tranexamic acid and cerebral edema in patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 05 01; 98(5):794-797.
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Performance of individual criteria of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) intraabdominal injury prediction rule. Acad Emerg Med. 2025 06; 32(6):643-649.