Outcomes of blunt assault at a level I trauma center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1202-1206

  Hadjizacharia, Pantelis ^a   Plurad, David S ^a   Green, Donald J ^a   DuBose, Joseph ^a   Benfield, Rodd ^a   Shiflett, Anthony ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Chan, Linda S ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assault; Blunt injury; Cervical spine; Mortality; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CRANIECTOMY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67651027919     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318180f5a0     Document Type: Article

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