30 years of polytrauma care: An analysis of the change in strategies and results of 4849 cases treated at a single institution

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Probst, Christian ^a   Pape, Hans Christoph ^b   Hildebrand, Frank ^a   Regel, Gerd ^c   Mahlke, Lutz ^d   Giannoudis, Peter ^e   Krettek, Christian ^a   Grotz, Martin Rolf Wolfgang ^f  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Klinikum Rosenheim   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f Medical Service of the Health Insurances of Lower Saxony ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage control surgery; Early total care; Multiple injuries; Polytrauma care; Pre hospital care; Progress in trauma care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 58749108258     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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