The major trauma outcome study: Establishing national norms for trauma care

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 1356-1365

  Champion, Howard R ^a   Copes, Wayne S ^a   Sacco, William J ^a   Lawnick, Mary M ^a   Keast, Susan L ^a   Bain, Lawrence W ^a   Flanagan, Maureen E ^a   Frey, Charles F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CRITICAL CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0025205127     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199011000-00008     Document Type: Article

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