AAST Bladder Injury Scale AAST Bowel Injury Scale AAST Cardiac Injury Scale AAST Diaphragm Injury Scale AAST Hepatic Injury Scale AAST Kidney Injury Scale AAST Lung Injury Scale AAST Pancreatic Injury Scale AAST Rectal Injury Scale AAST Splenic Injury Scale AAST Vascular Injury Scale ABC Score (Massive Transfusion)ACS COT Field Triage Guidelines ATLS Hemorrhagic Shock Classification Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS)Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI) in Trauma Base Deficit in Trauma Brain Injury Guidelines (BIG) Score Cardiac Wound Index Chest Trauma Score (CTS)Damage Control Decision Score (DCDS)Denver Criteria (BCVI)Esophageal Perforation Severity Score (PSS)Expanded Denver Criteria (BCVI)Flint Colon Injury Scale Frailty Index in Trauma (mFI-5)Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score (GTOS)Hard Signs of Vascular Injury Checklist Hemorrhage Control Decision Aid (Wound Packing vs. Tourniquet)ICP-based Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP) Calculator Injury Severity Score (ISS)Injury Severity Score — Age-adjusted (ISS-Age)Lethal Triad / Trauma Triad of Death Calculator Limb Salvage Index (LSI)Mangled Extremity Severity Score (MESS)Mechanism, Glasgow Coma Scale, Age, and Arterial Pressure (MGAP)Memphis Criteria (BCVI)Modified Shock Index (MSI)Nerve Injury, Ischemia, Soft-tissue, Skeletal Injury, Shock, Age (NISSSA)New Injury Severity Score (NISS)Open Abdomen Classification (Björck)Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS)Pelvic Trauma Hemorrhage Risk Score Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index (PATI)Physiologic Extreme Emergency in Trauma (FEET)Predictive Salvage Index (PSI)REBOA Zone Selection Guide Resuscitative Thoracotomy Indications (EAST/WTA Guidelines)Revised Trauma Score (RTS)RibScore Shock Index (SI)TASH Score TRISS Index Thoracic Trauma Severity Score (TTS)Tile Classification of Pelvic Fractures Trauma and Injury Severity Score — Pediatric (PTS)Young–Burgess Pelvic Fracture Classification

Recent Journal Updates

British J Clinical PharmacologyJun 26, 2026

Accelerating tacrolimus model‐informed precision dosing in kidney transplant recipients: Model evaluation and refinement strategies

Clinical Context

We think this might be relevant to the clinical guidance for AAST Kidney Injury Scale (Renal Trauma Grading).

WHO NewsJun 23, 2026

WHO urges scale up of newborn screening to improve early detection and care of birth defects

Clinical Context

We think this might be relevant to the clinical guidance for AAST Kidney Injury Scale (Renal Trauma Grading).

FDA MedWatchJun 10, 2026

FDA Approves Labeling Changes for Over-the-Counter (OTC) Weight Loss Drug alli (Orlistat) to Warn of Risk of Kidney Stones and Kidney Injury

Clinical Context

We think this might be relevant to the clinical guidance for AAST Kidney Injury Scale (Renal Trauma Grading).

AAST Kidney Injury Scale

AASTKidney Injury Scale

Highest Finding (Imaging/OR)

Kidney Injury Grading

Select the highest radiologic or operative finding to determine the AAST severity grade.

Guidelines & Evidence

Verified

Last Review: 2026

When to Use

Blunt abdominal or flank trauma with suspected renal injury (MVC, falls, assault)

Penetrating trauma (stab wounds, gunshot wounds) involving retroperitoneum

Hematuria (gross or microscopic) following trauma

Flank pain, ecchymosis, or rib fractures (11th–12th ribs)

CT imaging showing renal parenchymal or vascular injury

Intraoperative identification of renal injury

Clinical Utility

Guides non-operative vs operative management decisions

Determines need for angioembolization in active bleeding

Predicts complications such as urinoma, hypertension, and renal loss

Standardizes communication across trauma teams

Supports trauma registry reporting and research

Comparison with Related Tools

Tool	Focus	Use Case	Limitation
AAST Kidney Scale	Anatomic injury grading	Renal trauma management	No physiologic data
ISS	Overall injury burden	Prognosis	Non-specific to kidney
Shock Index	Hemodynamics	Early instability detection	Not organ-specific
AAST Vascular Scale	Vascular injury detail	Adjunct in vascular trauma	Separate classification

Limitations

Does not incorporate hemodynamic status

Limited predictive value in polytrauma

Inter-observer variability in CT grading

Does not directly account for pre-existing renal disease

Last Comprehensive Review: 2026

Recent Journal Updates

British J Clinical PharmacologyJun 26, 2026

Accelerating tacrolimus model‐informed precision dosing in kidney transplant recipients: Model evaluation and refinement strategies

Clinical Context

We think this might be relevant to the clinical guidance for AAST Kidney Injury Scale (Renal Trauma Grading).

WHO NewsJun 23, 2026

WHO urges scale up of newborn screening to improve early detection and care of birth defects

Clinical Context

We think this might be relevant to the clinical guidance for AAST Kidney Injury Scale (Renal Trauma Grading).

FDA MedWatchJun 10, 2026

FDA Approves Labeling Changes for Over-the-Counter (OTC) Weight Loss Drug alli (Orlistat) to Warn of Risk of Kidney Stones and Kidney Injury

Clinical Context

We think this might be relevant to the clinical guidance for AAST Kidney Injury Scale (Renal Trauma Grading).

AAST Kidney Injury Scale

AASTKidney Injury Scale

Highest Finding (Imaging/OR)

Kidney Injury Grading

Select the highest radiologic or operative finding to determine the AAST severity grade.

Guidelines & Evidence

Verified

Last Review: 2026

When to Use

Blunt abdominal or flank trauma with suspected renal injury (MVC, falls, assault)

Penetrating trauma (stab wounds, gunshot wounds) involving retroperitoneum

Hematuria (gross or microscopic) following trauma

Flank pain, ecchymosis, or rib fractures (11th–12th ribs)

CT imaging showing renal parenchymal or vascular injury

Intraoperative identification of renal injury

Clinical Utility

Guides non-operative vs operative management decisions

Determines need for angioembolization in active bleeding

Predicts complications such as urinoma, hypertension, and renal loss

Standardizes communication across trauma teams

Supports trauma registry reporting and research

Comparison with Related Tools

Tool	Focus	Use Case	Limitation
AAST Kidney Scale	Anatomic injury grading	Renal trauma management	No physiologic data
ISS	Overall injury burden	Prognosis	Non-specific to kidney
Shock Index	Hemodynamics	Early instability detection	Not organ-specific
AAST Vascular Scale	Vascular injury detail	Adjunct in vascular trauma	Separate classification

Limitations

Does not incorporate hemodynamic status

Limited predictive value in polytrauma

Inter-observer variability in CT grading

Does not directly account for pre-existing renal disease

Last Comprehensive Review: 2026