The impact of an intensivist-model ICU on trauma-related mortality

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 545-552

  Nathens, Avery B ^a,d   Rivara, Frederick P ^a   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^b   Maier, Ronald V ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Egleston, Brian ^c   Scharfstein, Daniel O ^c   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Box 359796 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MODEL; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; NOTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748936902     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000239005.26353.49     Document Type: Article

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