Complications and death at the start of the new academic year: Is there a july phenomenon?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-22

  Inaba, Kenji ^a   Recinos, Gustavo ^a   Teixeira, Pedro G R ^a   Barmparas, Galinos ^a   Talving, Peep ^a   Salim, Ali ^b   Brown, Carlos ^c   Rhee, Peter ^d   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic year; Complications; July phenomenon; Preventable; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SURGICAL INFECTION; THERAPY DELAY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 75649116482     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b88dfe     Document Type: Article

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