Pitfalls in the Evaluation and Management of the Trauma Patient

Current Problems in Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 778-833

  Mackersie, Robert C ^a   Dicker, Rochelle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESUSCITATION; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36749011231     PISSN: 00113840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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