A comparison of "Life threatening injury" concept in the Turkish Penal Code and trauma scoring systems

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 192-198

  Fedakar, Recep ^a   Aydiner, Ahmet Hüsamettin ^a   Ercan, Ilker ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Forensic medicine; Life threatening injury; Medico legal report; Trauma scoring; Turkish Penal Code

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAW; LIFE THREATENING INJURY CONCEPT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; REVISED TRAUMA SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMA AND INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CRIMINAL LAW; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TURKEY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548608819     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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