Risk stratification simplified: The worst injury predicts mortality for the injured children

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1258-1261

  Tepas, Joseph J ^a   Leaphart, Cynthia L ^a   Celso, Brian G ^a   Tuten, James D ^a   Pieper, Pam ^a   Ramenofsky, Max L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Injury mortality assessment; International classification of tnjury severity score; National pediatric trauma registry; National surgical quality improvement program; O E ratios; Pediatric trauma; Performance assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

CHILD; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650614873     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818cac29     Document Type: Article

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