Can the "golden hour of shock" safely be extended in blunt polytrauma patients? prospective cohort study at a level i hospital in Eastern Switzerland

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-80

  Osterwalder, Joseph J ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

"golden hour of shock"; Blunt polytrauma; cohort study; Eastern Switzerland; prehospital time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TIME; TRAUMATIC SHOCK;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036528284     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000212     Document Type: Article

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