Multiple, simultaneous trauma patients: Are they worse off?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 611-615

  Shoher, Angela ^a   Chang, David C ^a   Efron, David ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass casualty; Mortality; Multiple casualties; Outcomes; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33748749352     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000236061.05717.a2     Document Type: Article

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