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

Table 3 Overview of the total number of correctly assessed injuries and median MAIS per ISS-anatomical region of the presented polytrauma cases as estimated by the study participants

	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
Total number of assessed injuries	972	162	1296	432	1188	324
Number of correctly estimated injuries (%)	231 (24)	58 (36)	368 (28)	102 (24)	474 (40)	147 (45)
Median MAIS (IQR)	4 (4–5)	2 (2–3)	4 (3–5)	3 (3–5)	3 (2–4)	1 (1–2)

MAIS, Maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale; ISS, Injury Severity Score; IQR, interquartile range
^a ISS anatomical region

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