The epidemiology of pelvic ring fractures: A population-based study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1066-1072

  Balogh, Zsolt ^a,b   King, Kate L ^a   Mackay, Peter ^a   McDougall, Debra ^a   Mackenzie, Stuart ^a   Evans, Julie A ^a   Lyons, Timothy ^a   Deane, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute pelvic fixation; Epidemiology; Hemorrhagic shock; Pelvic angiography; Pelvic fixation; Pelvic fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PELVIS FRACTURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PELVIC BONES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36049011565     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181589fa4     Document Type: Article

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