Increasing volume of patients at level I trauma centres: Is there a need for triage modification in elderly patients with injuries of low severity?

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 446-452

  Liberman, Moishe ^a,b,c   Mulder, David S ^a   Sampalis, John S ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROCESS MODEL; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUEBEC; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0642287894     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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