Linking the chain of survival: Trauma as a traditional role model for multisystem trauma and brain injury

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 290-294

  Capone Neto, Antonio ^a   Rizoli, Sandro B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Performance outcome; Prehospital; Trauma; Trauma center; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

BRAIN INJURIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 68949167533     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32832e383e     Document Type: Review

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