A comparative study of designated trauma team leaders on trauma patient survival and emergency department length-of-stay

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-110

  Cummings, Garnet E ^a   Mayes, Damon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Empirika Consulting Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; ED length of stay; Survival; Trauma team leader

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34047139413     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500014871     Document Type: Article

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