Measuring injury severity: Time for a change?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 580-582

  Brenneman, Frederick D ^a,b,c   Boulanger, Bernard R ^a,b   McLellan, Barry A ^a,b   Redelmeier, Donald A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiple trauma; Severity scores

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031945335     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199804000-00003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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