Characteristics and outcomes of patients discharged home from the Emergency Department following trauma team activation

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 465-469

  Au, Eric H K ^a,b   Holdgate, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Discharge; Emergency Department; Missed injury; Return to work; Trauma care; Trauma team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND DRESSING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY SCALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950021112     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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