A pediatric trauma center without a pediatric surgeon: A four-year outcome analysis

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 130-139

  Fortune, John B ^a,b   Sanchez, Javier ^a,b   Graca, Linda ^a,b   Haselbarth, Julie ^a,b   Kuehler, David H ^a,b   Wallace, James R ^a,b   Edge, Walter ^a,b   Feustel, Paul J ^a,b  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0026753446     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199207000-00024     Document Type: Article

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