Application of International Classification Injury Severity Score to National Surgical Quality Improvement Program defines Pediatric Trauma performance standards and drives performance Improvement

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-188

  Tepas III, Joseph J ^a   Celso, Brian G ^a   Leaphart, Cynthia L ^a   Graham, Darrell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury Severity; Mortality Surgical Quality Improvement; Outcome; Pediatric Trauma; Survival probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGICENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70350482970     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a5f03c     Document Type: Article

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