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Table 7 The order of priority of the two patients arbitrarily alternates despite an identical improvement of one of their AIS grades

From: The injury severity score: an operations perspective

Patient

Patient 1

Patient 2

Initial ISS Profile

(4,4,0)

(5,2,2)

Initial ISS

32

33

Change

[−1,0,0]

[−1,0,0]

Resulting ISS Profile

(4,3,0)

(4,2,2)

Resulting ISS

25

24

Change

[0,−1,0]

[0,−1,0]

Resulting ISS Profile

(4,2,0)

(4,2,1)

Resulting ISS

20

21