The implementation of a national trauma registry in Greece. Methodology and preliminary results

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1421-1425

  Katsaragakis, Stylianos ^a   Theodoraki, Maria E ^a   Toutouzas, Kostas ^a   Drimousis, Panagiotis G ^a   Larentzakis, Antreas ^a   Stergiopoulos, Spiros ^b   Aggelakis, Christos ^c   Lapidakis, George ^d   Massalis, Ioannis ^d   Theodorou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Agrinio   (Greece)

^d KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Trauma epidemiology; Trauma registry; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; DROWNING; FALLING; GOLD STANDARD; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 73949155168     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818961a9     Document Type: Article

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