The presence of in-house attending trauma surgeons does not improve management or outcome of critically injured patients

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-25

  Helling, Thomas S ^a   Nelson, Paul M ^a   Shook, John W ^a   Lainhart, Kathy ^a   Kintigh, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes assessment; Trauma center; Trauma surgeon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MISSOURI; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0038785680     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000071621.39088.7B     Document Type: Article

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