Is outcome after blunt splenic injury in adults better in high-volume trauma centers?

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 942-948

  Harbrecht, Brian G ^a   Zenati, Mazen S ^a   Alarcon, Louis H ^a   Ochoa, Juan B ^a   Puyana, Juan C ^a   Schuchert, Vaishali D ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PULSE RATE; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN SURGERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33644806352     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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