Physiologic trauma triage criteria in adult trauma patients: Are they effective in saving lives by transporting patients to trauma centers?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 584-592

  Hannan, Edward L ^a,f   Farrell, Louise Szypulski ^a   Cooper, Arthur ^b   Henry, Mark ^c   Simon, Bruce ^d   Simon, Ronald ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15944368588     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.12.016     Document Type: Article

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