Pediatric trauma management in a rural Wisconsin trauma center

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 393-398

  Serleth, Hans J ^a   Cogbill, Thomas H ^a   Perri, Corrina ^a   Lambert, Pamela J ^a   Ross III, Arthur J ^a   Thompson, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric trauma; Rural trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032763915     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199912000-00005     Document Type: Article

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