Role of the Acute Care Surgeon in the Emergency Department Management of Trauma

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 413-414

  Moore, Ernest E ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; THORACOTOMY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646043769     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.01.017     Document Type: Editorial

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