A reaudit of specialist-managed liver trauma after establishment of regional referral and management guidelines

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-89

  Ramkumar, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Perera, M Thamara P R ^a   Marudanayagam, Ravi ^a   Coldham, Chris ^a   Olliff, Simon P ^a   Mayer, David A ^a   Bramhall, Simon R ^a   Buckels, John A C ^a   Mirza, Darius F ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hematoma; Liver laceration; Liver resection; Liver trauma; Management algorithm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649147390     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181bdd1ee     Document Type: Article

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