Trauma Management Outcomes Associated With Nonsurgeon Versus Surgeon Trauma Team Leaders

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ahmed, Jennifer M ^a   Tallon, John M ^a,b,c   Petrie, David A ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cancer Care Nova Scotia   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 34250174174     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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