The epidemiology of pregnancy-associated emergency department injury visits and their impact on birth outcomes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1088-1095

  Weiss, Harold B ^a   Sauber Schatz, Erin K ^a   Cook, Lawrence J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Injury; Motor vehicle crash; Pregnancy; Utah

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH; PREGNANCY;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INJURY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UTAH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 43049176212     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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