Chest Trauma Scoring Systems as Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality in Iraq

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with blunt chest trauma. * Patients presenting to the emergency department within 4 hours. * Patients (or their legal representatives) must provide informed consent to participate in the study. * Patients who can be assessed using the Chest Trauma Score at the time of arrival (e.g., having stable enough vitals to allow for evaluation). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with penetrating chest trauma (e.g., gunshot or stab wounds), as the Chest Trauma Score is typically used for blunt trauma. * Patients presenting with chest conditions unrelated to trauma (e.g., pneumonia, COPD exacerbation, or other non-traumatic causes of chest pain or respiratory distress). * Patients with severe pre-existing comorbidities (e.g., end-stage heart failure, terminal cancer) where trauma is unlikely to be the primary cause of morbidity or mortality. * Patients with missing or incomplete clinical data, including imaging or vital signs necessary to calculate the CTS accurately. * Patients who refuse consent or do not agree to the use of their data for research purposes.