Applicability of the trimodal distribution of trauma deaths in a Level I trauma centre in the Netherlands with a population of mainly blunt trauma

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 993-1000

  de Knegt, C ^a   Meylaerts, S A G ^a   Leenen, L P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Injury; Mortality; Trauma; Trauma system; Trimodal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 48649091078     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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