Major trauma and the Injury Severity Score - Where should we set the bar?

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 13-29

  Palmer, Cameron ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALES; DATA SETS; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; TRAUMA PATIENTS;

SOUNDING APPARATUS;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 52449104681     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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