In search of benchmarking for mortality following multiple trauma: A swiss trauma center experience

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2477-2489

  Füglistaler Montali, Ida ^a,b   Attenberger, Corinna ^a,c   Füglistaler, Philipp ^a,d   Jacob, Augustinus L ^a   Amsler, Felix ^a   Gross, Thomas ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NATIONAL TRAUMA DATA BANK; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PULSE OXIMETER; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SWITZERLAND; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350026130     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0193-1     Document Type: Article

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