Complication Rates among Trauma Centers

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-602

  Ang, Darwin N ^a,b,e   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b   Nathens, Avery ^c   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^a,b   Maier, Ronald V ^a,b   Wang, Jin ^b   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INJURY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG ARTERY CATHETER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70350134736     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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