War abdominal trauma: usefulness of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index, Injury Severity Score, and number of injured abdominal organs as predictive factors.

Objective: To analyze predictive factors for developing complications or lethal outcome in war abdominal trauma.

Design: Retrospective study.

Methods: We analyzed 93 cases of war penetrating abdominal trauma treated at the General Hospital Karlovac, Croatia.

Multiple injuries in peacetime and wartime estimate of severity of injury by the Injury Severity Score and Polytraumaschlüssel.

Objective: To compare the Injury Severity Score (ISS) and Polytraumaschlüssel (PTS) in patients with multiple peacetime and wartime injuries.

Design: Prospective and retrospective study.

Setting: General hospital, Croatia.

Methods and results of the treatment of peacetime and wartime multiple injuries--a comparative study.

Seventy-one patients suffering from multiple injuries were divided into two groups, according to the manner in which the injuries were inflicted. Forty-one were injured in 'peacetime' circumstances (road traffic accidents, 85.4 per cent), and 30 patients were injured during 'military' shelling or in combat.