Measuring trauma outcomes in India: An analysis based on TRISS methodology in a Mumbai university hospital

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 386-390

  Murlidhar, V ^a   Roy, Nobhojit ^b  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Score; Developing countries; India; Injury Severity Score; Major Trauma Outcome Study; Outcome; Probability of survival; Revised Trauma Score; Survival Analysis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INDIA; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STANDARD; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 1642268223     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00214-6     Document Type: Article

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