Patterns of mortality and causes of death in polytrauma patients-Has anything changed?

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 907-911

  Pfeifer, Roman ^a   Tarkin, Ivan S ^a   Rocos, Brett ^b   Pape, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Haemorrhage; MOF; Mortality patterns; Polytrauma; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SEPSIS;

EID: 67650976366     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.05.006     Document Type: Review

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