Application of variable life adjusted display (VLAD) in early detection of deficiency in trauma care

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 726-728

  Tan, H B ^a   Cross, S F ^a   Goodacre, S W ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PLOTS AND CURVES; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 26944475202     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.017277     Document Type: Article

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