Current trauma scoring systems and their applications

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-354

  Van Camp, L A ^a   Deloooz, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BELGIUM; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BELGIUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0032152964     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-199809000-00012     Document Type: Article

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