Transfer delay and in-hospital mortality of trauma patients in Pakistan

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-158

  Khan, Afrasyab ^a   Zafar, Hasnain ^a   Naeem, Syed Nadir ^a   Raza, Syed Ahsan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Mortality; Registry; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349091550     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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