Clinic of Neurosurgery, ¹Clinic of Intensive Care, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania

Key words: polytrauma, patient’s status scoring systems, local injuries trauma classification systems, complications, treatment outcome.

Summary. Evaluation of polytrauma patient’s status by using scoring system is very important for selection of patient’s placement and management, prophylaxis and diagnosis of early complications. In the article trauma classification systems are presented and discussed. Clinical evidencies of Kaunas Medical University Hospital are presented as well.

There are suggestive recommendations on evaluation of polytrauma patient’s status and proper separation of severely injuried.

Correspondence to A.Pamerneckas, Clinic of Neurosurgery, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eivenių 2, 3007 Kaunas, Lithuania. E-mail: alpa@kmu.lt