Abdominal trauma: The penetrating abdominal trauma index (PATI)
A method of quantifying the risk of complication following penetrating abdominal trauma is described
The penetrating trauma index is calculated by assigning a risk factor (1-5) to each organ injured and then multiplying this by a severity of injury estimate (1-5)
The sum of the individual organ scores comprised the final PATI. The range is 0-200
The risk of postoperative complications increases in PATI scores greater than 25