Comparison of trauma scores for adults who fell from height as survival predictivity

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-252

  Eryllmaz, Mehmet ^a   Durusu, Murat ^b   Menteş, Öner ^a   Özer, Tahir ^a   Killç, Selim ^a   Ersoy, Gürkan ^c   Altlnel, Özcan ^a   Kalemoǧlu, Murat ^c   Törer, Nurkan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b DIYARBAKIR MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fall from a height; Mortality; Trauma scores

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; CUT OFFS; FALL FROM A HEIGHT; HIGH RELIABILITIES; HIGH SPECIFICITIES; INJURY SEVERITIES; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATES; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; ORGAN PATHOLOGIES; PREDICTIVITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SURVIVAL RATES; TRAUMA SCORES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; REVISED TRAUMA SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA AND INJURY SEVERITY SCORE;

EID: 65249123137     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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