In-hospital downgrading of the trauma team: Validation of the Academic Medical Center downgrading criteria

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Fung Kon Jin, P H P ^a   Van Olffen, T B M ^a   Goslings, J C ^a   Luitse, J S K ^a   Ponsen, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Downgrading; Overtriage; Trauma care; Trauma Team; Trauma Team management; Triage; Undertriage

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 30344458852     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.05.045     Document Type: Article

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