Analysis of 2,702 traumatized patients in the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 427-432

  Kuwagata, Yasuyuki ^a   Oda, Jun ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Iwai, Atsushi ^a   Matsuoka, Tetsuya ^a   Takaoka, Makoto ^a   Kishi, Masashi ^a   Morimoto, Fumio ^a   Ishikawa, Kazuo ^a   Mizushima, Yasuaki ^a   Nakata, Yasuki ^a   Yamamura, Hitoshi ^a   Hiraide, Atsushi ^a   Shimazu, Takeshi ^a   Yoshioka, Toshiharu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crush syndrome; Earthquake; Intensive care; Intracranial injury; Spinal cord injury; Visceral injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRUSH SYNDROME; DATA ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030770364     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199709000-00007     Document Type: Article

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