Defining 'dead on arrival': Impact on a level I trauma center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 726-730

  Pasquale, Michael D ^a   Rhodes, Michael ^b   Cipolle, Mark D ^a   Hanley, Terrance ^a   Wasser, Thomas ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CENTER OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029858352     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199610000-00022     Document Type: Article

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