Impact of Airbags on a Level I Trauma Center: Injury Patterns, Infectious Morbidity, and Hospital Costs

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 962-968

  Williams, Regan F ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^a   Fischer, Peter E ^a   Zarzaur, Ben L ^a   Magnotti, Louis J ^a   Croce, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AIRBAG; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REGISTER; SEATBELT; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AIR BAGS; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFECTION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; TENNESSEE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 43049085873     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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