Ineffectiveness of on-site intravenous lines: Is prehospital time the culprit?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 608-617

  Sampalis, John S ^a,b   Tamim, Hala ^b   Denis, Ronald ^c   Boukas, Stella ^b   Ruest, Sébastien Abel ^b   Nikolis, Andreas ^b   Lavoie, André ^d   Fleiszer, David ^a   Brown, Rea ^a   Mulder, David ^a   Williams, Jack I ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Research Module   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030694709     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199710000-00008     Document Type: Article

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