Is trauma centre care helpful for less severely injured patients?

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1293-1297

  Helling, Thomas S ^a,b   Nelson, Paul W ^a   Moore, B Todd ^a   Kintigh, Denise ^a   Lainhart, Kathy ^a  

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

^b Department of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Severity of injury; Trauma centre; Trauma system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG SURGERY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGEON; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 26444432200     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.06.041     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. H.R. Champion, W.S. Copes, and W.J. Sacco The Major Trauma Outcome Study: establishing national norms for trauma care J Trauma 30 1990 1356 1365
2. J.G. Chipman, W.E. Deuser, and G.J. Beilman Early surgery for thoracolumbar spine injuries decreases complications J Trauma 56 2004 52 57
3. R.P. Dutton, C. Cooper, and A. Jones Daily multidisciplinary rounds shorten length of stay for trauma patients J Trauma 55 2003 913 919
4. K.T. Fern, J.T. Smith, and B. Zee Trauma patients with multiple extremity injuries: resource utilization and long-term outcome in relation to injury severity scores J Trauma 45 1998 489 494
5. R.C. Grasberger, T.N. McMillian, and N.S. Yeston Residents' experience in the surgery of trauma J Trauma 26 1986 848 850
6. T.S. Helling, M. Watkins, and L.L. Evans Low falls: an underappreciated mechanism of injury J Trauma 46 1999 453 456
7. W.S. Hoff, G.H. Tinkoff, J.F. Lucke, and S. Lehr Impact of minimal injuries on a level I trauma center J Trauma 33 1992 408 412
8. J.K. Lukan, E.H. Carrillo, and G.A. Franklin Impact of recent trends of noninvasive trauma evaluation and nonoperative management in surgical resident education J Trauma 50 2001 1015 1019
9. S.W. Meldon, M. Reilly, and B.L. Drew Trauma in the very elderly: a community-based study of outcomes at trauma and nontrauma centers J Trauma 52 2002 79 84
10. R.J. Mullins, J. Veum-Stone, and M. Helfand Outcome of hospitalized injured patients after institution of a trauma system in an urban area JAMA 271 1994 1919 1924
11. G.V. Poole, M. Tinsley, and A.K. Tsao Abbreviated injury scale does not reflect the added morbidity of multiple lower extremity fractures J Trauma 40 1996 951 954
12. J.D. Richardson, and F.B. Miller Will future surgeons be interested in trauma care? Results of a resident survey J Trauma 32 1992 229 235
13. M.F. Rotondo, M.D. McGonigal, and W. Schwab On the nature of things still going bang in the night: an analysis of residency training in trauma J Trauma 35 1993 550 555
14. J. Sesperez, S. Wilson, and B. Jalaludin Trauma case management and clinical pathways: prospective evaluation of their effect on selected patient outcomes in five key trauma conditions J Trauma 50 2001 643 649
15. S.R. Shackford, P. Hollingworth-Fridlund, G.F. Cooper, and A.B. Eastman The effect of regionalization upon the quality of trauma care as assessed by concurrent audit before and after institution of a trauma system: a preliminary report J Trauma 26 1986 812 820
16. G.H. Tinkoff, R.E. O'Connor, and G.J. Fulda Impact of a two-tiered trauma response in the emergency department: promoting efficient resource utilization J Trauma 41 1996 735 740
17. G.C. Velmahos, A. Jindal, and L.S. Chan Insiginificant mechanism of injury: not to be taken lightly J Am Coll Surg 192 2001 147 152
18. J.G. West, R.H. Cales, and A.B. Gazzaniga Impact of regionalization Arch Surg 118 1983 740 744