Does chest wall Organ Injury Scale (OIS) or Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) predict outcomes? An analysis of 16,000 consecutive rib fractures

Chest wall injuries have serious clinical consequences. It is presumed a higher severity of injury correlates with worse outcomes. The 2 most common chest wall injury severity scores, the Organ Injury Scale and the Abbreviated Injury Scale, are based on expert opinion with unknown clinical endpoints. Our aim was to determine if either the Organ Injury Scale or the Abbreviated Injury Scale are associated with clinical outcomes.A single...