Auditing 655 Fatalities with Pelvic Fractures by Autopsy as a Basis to Evaluate Trauma Care

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-43

  Papadopoulos, Iordanis N ^a   Kanakaris, Nikolaos ^b   Bonovas, Stefanos ^a   Triantafillidis, Aristidis ^a   Garnavos, Christos ^b   Voros, Dionisios ^c   Leukidis, Christos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d MINISTRY OF JUSTICE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 33745196426     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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