Hemorrhage is more prevalent than brain injury in early trauma deaths: The golden six hours

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-30

  Bansal, Vishal ^b   Fortlage, Dale ^b   Lee, Jeanne G ^b   Costantini, Todd ^b   Potenza, Bruce ^b   Coimbra, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autopsy; Brain injury; Hemorrhage; Mortality; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349110491     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-008-8080-2     Document Type: Article

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