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Deterministic published arithmetic with citation; not ISS or RTS; not a triage order. magent does not examine the child.","url":"https://api.magentlab.com/api/calc/pts","method":"GET","headers":{},"bodySchema":{"type":"object","$schema":"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema","required":["input"],"properties":{"input":{"type":"object","required":["type","method"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string","const":"http"},"method":{"enum":["GET","HEAD","DELETE"],"type":"string"},"headers":{"type":"object","additionalProperties":{"type":"string"}},"queryParams":{"type":"object","required":["airway","systolic_mm_hg","cns","skeletal","wound"],"properties":{"cns":{"enum":["awake","obtunded","coma"],"type":"string","description":"Caller-assigned CNS (awake, obtunded, or coma). Tepas 1987: awake → +2, obtunded → +1, coma → −1. magent does not examine the child."},"wound":{"enum":["none","minor","major"],"type":"string","description":"Caller-assigned cutaneous wound (none, minor, or major). 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Tepas 1987: >90 → +2; 50-90 inclusive → +1; <50 → −1. 0 is a published −1 band."}}}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"type":"object"}}}}},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.005","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.005/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.005","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.005","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_mWGa6-A1PsUblQhWb5FxU","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.005","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Computes the Pediatric Trauma Score (Tepas 1987) from six caller-assigned clinical items and flags whether the score is ≤8 (threshold associated with significant mortality and trauma-center care).","exampleAgentPrompt":"Calculate the Pediatric Trauma Score for a child weighing 15 kg, with a normal airway, systolic BP of 95 mm Hg, who is awake, has no skeletal injury, and has a minor wound — and tell me if the score is ≤8.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Emergency department trauma triage","prompt":"A 7-year-old weighing 22 kg came in after a car accident — airway is maintainable, systolic BP is 60 mm Hg, the kid is obtunded, has a closed fracture, and a minor wound. Calculate the Pediatric Trauma Score and tell me if it's ≤8 so I know if trauma center transfer is warranted."},{"title":"Pre-hospital field assessment documentation","prompt":"I need to log a PTS for a pediatric trauma patient before transport: weight is 8 kg, airway unmaintainable, systolic BP is 40 mm Hg, comatose, open multiple fractures, major wound — what's the Tepas score and does it cross the ≤8 threshold?"},{"title":"Pediatric trauma quality review","prompt":"For our case review, compute the Pediatric Trauma Score for a child who weighed 25 kg, had a normal airway, systolic BP of 100 mm Hg, was awake, had no skeletal injury, and no wound — and confirm whether the score was above or below 8."}],"resultDescription":"Returns the total Pediatric Trauma Score (integer from −6 to +12, higher is better) derived from the six Tepas 1987 items, plus a boolean score_le_8 flag indicating whether the score falls at or below 8 — the published threshold associated with significant mortality and need for trauma-center care.","failureModes":["Missing required query parameters (airway, systolic_mm_hg, cns, skeletal, wound) → validation error","Neither weight_kg nor weight_lb provided → missing required size item error","Out-of-range values (e.g. systolic_mm_hg > 300, weight_kg < 1) → validation rejection","Invalid enum string for airway/cns/skeletal/wound → rejection with allowed values listed","Network or service unavailability → HTTP 5xx error"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need a deterministic, published Pediatric Trauma Score per Tepas 1987 — specifically the six-item (weight, airway, systolic BP, CNS, skeletal, wound) formula with −6 to +12 range and the clinically significant ≤8 flag. Prefer this over ISS or RTS calculators when the patient is pediatric and you need this specific validated instrument. Not a replacement for clinical examination or triage orders.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T19:10:43.954Z","isFirstParty":false}