Pitfalls of implementing acute care surgery

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1264-1270

  Kaplan, Lewis J ^a,b,e   Frankel, Heidi ^a,c   Davis, Kimberly A ^a,b   Barie, Philip S ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Burn Trauma and Critical Care   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e SICU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDLINE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34248394714     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318053dfd8     Document Type: Article

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