Trauma care in England and Wales: Is this as good as it gets?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 488-489

  Lecky, F E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CASE MIX; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DISABILITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATALITY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036849618     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.6.488     Document Type: Editorial

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