MESS (Mangled Extremity Severity Score)

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Name
Type
Description | Question | Decode (Coded Value)
Data type
Alias
Item Group
MESS
C3842224 (UMLS CUI-1)
C0457451 (UMLS CUI-2)
Item
Skeletal /soft tissue injury
integer
C0597457 (UMLS CUI [1])
C0037578 (UMLS CUI [2])
Skeletal /softissue injury
Code List
Skeletal /soft tissue injury
CL Item
Low energy (stab; simple fracture; pistol gunshot wound) (1)
CL Item
Medium energy (open or multiple fractures, dislocation) (2)
CL Item
High energy (high speed MVA or rifle GSW) (3)
CL Item
Very high energy (high speed trauma + gross contamination) (4)
Item
Limb ischemia
integer
C2945695 (UMLS CUI [1])
Limb ischemia
Code List
Limb ischemia
CL Item
Pulse reduced or absent but perfusion normal (1)
CL Item
Pulseless; paresthesias, diminished capillary refill (2)
CL Item
Cool, paralyzed, insensate, numb (3)
Item
Shock
integer
C0036974 (UMLS CUI [1])
Shock
Code List
Shock
CL Item
Systolic BP always > 90 mm Hg (0)
CL Item
Hypotensive transiently (1)
CL Item
Persistent Hypotension (2)
Item
Age
integer
C0001779 (UMLS CUI [1])
age
Code List
Age
CL Item
<30 (0)
CL Item
30-50 (1)
CL Item
>50 (2)
Total score
Item
Total score
integer
C2964552 (UMLS CUI [1])
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