Is mechanism of injury alone a useful predictor of major trauma?

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 986-992

  Boyle, Malcolm J ^a   Smith, Erin C ^a   Archer, Frank ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency medical systems; Emergency medical technicians; Injury mechanism; Mechanism of injury; Paramedic; Pre hospital; Trauma; Wounds and injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 48649083792     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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