In-house trauma attendings: Is there a difference?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 984-990

  Durham, Rodney ^a   Shapiro, David ^a   Flint, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

In house attending call; Preventable death; Resident education; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR;

EID: 27944434622     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.08.028     Document Type: Article

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