Which of the following is a scoring system for severity of wound infection, and is paicularly useful for surveilance and research
High-Yield Explanation
assessment and management of surgical wounds is done by several scoring systems . Some of the popular ones are ASEPSIS and the Southampton Wound Assessment Scale Southampton Wound Assessment Scale takes bruising, erythema, serous, purulent discharges and tissue breakdown/haematoma as various levels of severity. ASA scoring is for fitness for surgery Glasgow coma scale (Glasgow scoring system) used to estimate a patient&;s level of consciousness after head injury Glasgow outcome score for outcome after head injury Glasgow-Imrie Criteria for acute pancreatitis (like Ransons scoring)