Traumatic aortic injury score (TRAINS): an easy and simple score for early detection of traumatic aortic injuries in major trauma patients with associated blunt chest trauma

[1] Smith RS(1986)Traumatic rupture of the aorta: still a lethal injury Am J Surg 152 660-663

[2] Chang FC(2008)Acute traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: experience with 64-MDCT Am J Roentgenol 191 1564-1569

[3] Steenburg SD(1998)Prospective study of blunt aortic injury: helical CT is diagnostic and antihypertensive therapy reduces rupture Ann Surg 227 666-676

[4] Ravenel JG(2005)Acute aortic syndromes Circulation 112 3802-3813

[5] Fabian TC(2008)Operative repair or endovascular stent graft in blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study J Trauma 64 561-570

[6] Davis KA(2009)Blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: early or delayed repair—results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma prospective study J Trauma 66 967-973

[7] Gavant ML(2011)Role of conservative management in traumatic aortic injury: comparison of long-term results of conservative, surgical, and endovascular treatment J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 142 614-621

[8] Croce MA(2007)Diagnosis of blunt traumatic aortic injury 2007: still a nemesis Eur J Radiol 64 27-40

[9] Melton SM(1974)The injury severity score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care J Trauma 14 187-196

[10] Patton JH(2009)Epidemiology of major trauma Br J Surg 96 697-698

[1] Smith RS(1986)Traumatic rupture of the aorta: still a lethal injury Am J Surg 152 660-663

[2] Chang FC(2008)Acute traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: experience with 64-MDCT Am J Roentgenol 191 1564-1569

[3] Steenburg SD(1998)Prospective study of blunt aortic injury: helical CT is diagnostic and antihypertensive therapy reduces rupture Ann Surg 227 666-676

[4] Ravenel JG(2005)Acute aortic syndromes Circulation 112 3802-3813

[5] Fabian TC(2008)Operative repair or endovascular stent graft in blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study J Trauma 64 561-570

[6] Davis KA(2009)Blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: early or delayed repair—results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma prospective study J Trauma 66 967-973

[7] Gavant ML(2011)Role of conservative management in traumatic aortic injury: comparison of long-term results of conservative, surgical, and endovascular treatment J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 142 614-621

[8] Croce MA(2007)Diagnosis of blunt traumatic aortic injury 2007: still a nemesis Eur J Radiol 64 27-40

[9] Melton SM(1974)The injury severity score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care J Trauma 14 187-196

[10] Patton JH(2009)Epidemiology of major trauma Br J Surg 96 697-698