Revised Trauma Score

Revised Trauma Score
Purposephysiologic scoring system

The Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is a physiologic scoring system based on the initial vital signs of a patient.[1] A lower score indicates a higher severity of injury.[2]

  1. ^ Champion HR, Sacco WJ, Carnazzo AJ, Copes W, Fouty WJ (September 1981). "Trauma score". Crit. Care Med. 9 (9): 672–6. doi:10.1097/00003246-198109000-00015. PMID 7273818. S2CID 43575972.
  2. ^ Taber, Clarence Wilbur; Venes, Donald (2009). Taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary. F a Davis Co. pp. 2366. ISBN 978-0-8036-1559-5.
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