Comparison of injury severity between AIS 2005 and AIS 1990 in a large injury database.

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Barnes, J. Hassan, A. Cuerden, R. Cookson, R. & Kohlhofer, J.
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in car occupant injury severity recorded in AIS 2005 compared to AIS 1990 and to outline the likely effects on future data analysis findings. Occupant injury data in the UK Cooperative Crash Injury Study Database (CCIS) were coded for the period February 2006 to November 2007 using both AIS 1990 and AIS 2005. Data for 1,994 occupants with over 6000 coded injuries were reviewed at the AIS and MAIS level of severities and body regions to determine changes between the two coding methodologies. Overall there was an apparent general trend for fewer injuries to be coded at the AIS 4+ severity and more injuries to be coded at the AIS 2 severity. When these injury trends were reviewed in more detail it was found that the body regions which contributed the most to these changes in severity were the head, thorax and extremities. This is one of the first studies to examine the implications for large databases when changing to an updated method for coding injuries. (Author/publisher)

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20200026 ST [electronic version only]
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In: Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Baltimore, Maryland, October 5-7, 2009, p 83-89, 6 ref.

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