Functional measures at discharge: Are they useful predictors of longer term outcomes for trauma registries?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 854-859

  Gabbe, Belinda J ^a,f   Simpson, Pam M ^a   Sutherland, Ann M ^a,b   Williamson, Owen D ^a   Judson, Rodney ^c   Kossmann, Thomas ^d,e   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Alfred Hospital

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 42549109484     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181656d1e     Document Type: Article

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