Causes of death following multiple trauma

Current Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 304-310

  Tien, Homer ^a   Chu, Peter T Y ^b   Brenneman, Frederick ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Damage control surgery; Organ failure; Secondary brain injury; Trauma; Trauma death; Trauma epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INJURY; BREATHING RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544301431     PISSN: 02680890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cuor.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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