The new Injury Severity Score and the evaluation of pediatric trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1106-1110

  Grisoni, Enrique ^f   Stallion, Anthony ^a,b   Nance, Michael L ^d   Lelli, Joseph L ^e   Garcia, Victor F ^c   Marsh, Eric ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f University Hospitals of Cleveland ^*

Author keywords

Injury Severity Score; Pediatric trauma; Trauma scoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CHILDHOOD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034962452     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200106000-00021     Document Type: Article

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