The number of gunshot wounds does not predict injury severity and mortality

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-47

  Cripps, Michael W ^a,b   Ereso, Alexander Q ^a,b   Sadjadi, Javid ^a,b   Harken, Alden H ^a,b   Victorino, Gregory P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLET; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK; VICTIM; COHORT ANALYSIS; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449186518     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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