A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF EVALUATION OF REVISED TRAUMA SCORE (RTS) AND GLASGOW COMA SCALE, AGE AND ARTERIAL PRESSURE (GAP) SCORING IN PREDICTING MORTALITY OF TRAUMA PATIENTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HEAD INJURY PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF NORT

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Trauma is the largest cause of year of life lost (YLL) and the second most frequent cause of death among the youth in developing nations, ranking among the top four causes of death. The head injury severity can be objectively assessed with the aid of injury severity scoring systems. The purpose