Triss unexpected survivors: an outdated standard?

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 229-234

  Norris, Rob ^a   Woods, Randy ^a   Harbrecht, Brian ^a   Fabian, Timothy ^b   Rhodes, Michael ^c   Morris, John ^a   Billiar, Timothy R ^a   Courcoulas, Anita P ^a   Udekwu, Anthony O ^a   Stinson, Christine ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVISED TRAUMA SCORE; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISS SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036188556     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200202000-00005     Document Type: Article

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