Interobserver variability of injury severity assessment in polytrauma patients: does the anatomical region play a role?

Table 1 Overview of the overall number of codes and median AIS per ISS-anatomical region of the presented polytrauma cases

	Head and neck^a	Face^a	Thorax (including thoracic spine)^a	Abdomen (including visceral pelvis/lumbar spine)^a	Extremities (including osseous pelvis/shoulder girdle)^a	External (including skin/soft tissues)^a
Number of codes	18	3	24	8	22	6
Median AIS (IQR)	3 (2–4)	2 (1–2)	3 (2–4)	2 (2–3)	2 (2–3)	1 (1–1)

Codes were allocated from an AAAM-certified specialist
AIS: Abbreviated Injury Scale; ISS: Injury Severity Score; AAAM: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine; IQR: interquartile range
^aISS anatomical region

ISSN: 2047-783X