TY - JOUR AU - Rehman, Basheer AU - Khan, Muslim AU - Ali, Farhad AU - Rahman, Atta Ur AU - Ahmad, Tariq AU - Shafi, Hassan AU - Suleman, Muhammad AU - Ansari, Shuja Riaz PY - 2019/06/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER BODY INJURIES: THE ROLE OF REVISED TRAUMA SCORING SYSTEM JF - Journal of Medical Sciences JA - JMS VL - 27 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://jmedsci.com/index.php/Jmedsci/article/view/679 SP - 135-141 AB - <p>Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the magnitude of other associated bodily injuries occurring<br>together with maxillofacial trauma and the role of trauma scoring system as a predictor of the degree of morbidity in<br>such patients.<br>Material and Methods: A total of 1753 patients with maxillofacial injuries admitted to the department of Oral &amp; Maxillofacial<br>surgery Khyber College of Dentistry during a period from January 2015 to December 2017, were recruited in this<br>study. Associated injuries and their degree of severity were determined and Revised Trauma Score applied to them.<br>Information so collected was analyzed using SPSS version 20. One way ANOVA was used to find out the distribution<br>of RTS among different independent variables. Odd ratios were determined for those who were referred to concerned<br>specialty and for those referred to ICU.<br>Results: Concomitant injuries were noted in 215 (12.26%). One hundred and fifty (69.8%) were male and 65(30.2%)<br>were female. Mean age of all the patients was 23.93±15.2 SD years. Most injuries were caused by RTA (n=119, 55.3%)<br>followed in frequency by fall (n=47, 21.9%). Majority of the injuries were Head injuries (n=73) followed by extremities<br>(n=56). One hundred and fifty seven (73.0%) patients were retained for maxillofacial surgical intervention while 15.3%<br>were referred to ICU. The mean RTS for referral categories was highest among retained individuals (7.74±0.17SD)<br>and lowest among those who were referred to ICU (6.44±0.29SD). The difference among the referral categories were<br>statistically significant (P value &lt;.001).<br>Conclusion: The results of the present study suggest that Revised Trauma Scoring system, strongly predicts in-hospital<br>morbidity in patient having concomitant injuries with maxillofacial trauma.</p> ER -