The intensive care unit as a trauma unit

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 783-790

  Tisherman, Samuel A ^a   Darby, Joseph ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SPINE;

EID: 0034047825     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70095-5     Document Type: Article

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