Integrating emergency general surgery with a trauma service: Impact on the care of injured patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-473

  Pryor, John P ^a,b   Reilly, Patrick M ^a   Schwab, C William ^a   Kauder, Donald R ^a   Dabrowski, G Paul ^a   Gracias, Vicente H ^a   Braslow, Benjamin ^a   Gupta, Rajan ^a   Ivatury, Rao R ^c   Schulman, Carl I ^c   Franklin, Glen A ^c   Cherry, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Emergency general surgery; Pennsylvania Trauma Outcome Study (PTOS); Performance improvement; Trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PENNSYLVANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4744359077     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000141030.82619.3F     Document Type: Article

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