The importance of pre-trauma centre treatment of life-threatening events on the mortality of patients transferred with severe trauma

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 440-445

  Gomes, Ernestina ^a   Araújo, Rui ^a   Carneiro, António ^a   Dias, Cláudia ^b   Costa Pereira, Altamiro ^b   Lecky, Fiona E ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life threatening event; Mortality; Pre hospital; Trauma; Trauma centre; Trauma system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJURY SEVERITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77649341921     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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