Isolated rollover mechanism does not warrant trauma center evaluation

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1109-1111

  Haan, James M ^a,b,c   Glassman, Erik ^a   Hartsock, Robbi ^a   Radcliffe, James ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^c Division of Trauma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPLENECTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450265674     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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