Predictors of mortality in trauma patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 805-810

  Macleod, Jana B A ^a   Lynn, Maurico ^b   Mckenney, Mark G ^b   Jeroukhimov, Igor ^c   Cohn, Stephen M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 16544365615     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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