Injury Severity Score as a Predictor of Morbidity, Mortality  and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Road Traffic  Accident

Asma Bibi, Iftikhar Ahmed, Saira Mahmood, Syed Hasham Ahmad, Sunil Dut Suchdev, Noshaba Akram

Injury Severity Score as a Predictor of Morbidity, Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Road Traffic Accident

Authors

Asma Bibi, Iftikhar Ahmed, Saira Mahmood, Syed Hasham Ahmad, Sunil Dut Suchdev, Noshaba Akram

Keywords:

Injury Severity Score; road traffic accident; morbidity; mortality; hospital stay; trauma; ISS; polytrauma.

Abstract

Background: Road traffic accidents remain a major source of preventable trauma, disability and deathworldwide. The Injury Severity Score is widely used to quantify anatomical trauma severity and tosupport triage, prognostication and audit of trauma care. Globally, road traffic crashes causeapproximately 1.19 million deaths each year, and injuries disproportionately affect young adults and vulnerable road users.

References

1. World Health Organization. Road traffic injuries. Geneva: WHO; 2026.

2. World Health Organization. Global status report on road safety 2023. Geneva: WHO; 2023.

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Published

2026-05-10

How to Cite

Asma Bibi, Iftikhar Ahmed, Saira Mahmood, Syed Hasham Ahmad, Sunil Dut Suchdev, Noshaba Akram. (2026). Injury Severity Score as a Predictor of Morbidity, Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Road Traffic Accident. International Journal of Pharmacy Research & Technology (IJPRT), 16(1), 3251–3256. Retrieved from https://ijprt.org/index.php/pub/article/view/2012