The impact of multiple casualty incidents on clinical outcomes

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1036-1039

  Ball, Chad G ^a   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Mulloy, Robert H ^a   Gmora, Scott ^a   Findlay, Christie ^a   Hameed, S Morad ^b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiple casualty incident; Outcome; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33750936287     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000231764.00067.54     Document Type: Article

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