Analysis of motor vehicle ejection victims admitted to a level i trauma center

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 854-859

  Góngora, Enrique ^a   Acosta, José A ^a,b   Wang, Dennis S Y ^a,b   Brandenburg, Kristin ^a   Jablonski, Kathleen ^a   Jordan, Marion H ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Ejection; Head injury; In hospital mortality; Injury severity; Motor vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY REGIONS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 0035209592     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200111000-00006     Document Type: Article

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