Predictors of in-hospital mortality of trauma patients injured in vehicle accidents

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Markogiannakis, Haridimos ^a,c   Sanidas, Elias ^a   Messaris, Evangelos ^b   Koutentakis, Dimitrios ^a   Alpantaki, Kalliopi ^a   Kafetzakis, Alexandros ^a   Tsiftsis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

In hospital mortality; Predictive factors; Trauma patients; Vehicle accidents

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GREECE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDESTRIAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VITAL SIGN;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 41949094478     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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