The effect of pelvic fracture on mortality after trauma: An analysis of 63,000 trauma patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2803-2810

  Sathy, Ashoke K ^a   Starr, Adam J ^a   Smith, Wade R ^c   Elliott, Alan ^b   Agudelo, Juan ^c   Reinert, Charles M ^a   Minei, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX INJURY; FRACTURE; INJURY; PELVIC GIRDLE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PELVIC BONES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 73349106834     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00598     Document Type: Article

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