Predicting hospital mortality among injured children using a national trauma database

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 792-801

  Burd, Randall S ^a   Jang, Tai S ^b   Nair, Satish S ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Hospital mortality; Injury; Models; Statistical; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SCORE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY; REVISED TRAUMA SCORE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE; VITAL SIGN; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGISTER; SURVIVAL;

CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646473376     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000214589.02515.dd     Document Type: Article

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