Predicting mortality in damage control surgery for major abdominal trauma

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-9

  Timmermans, Joep ^a   Nicol, Andrew ^b   Kairinos, Nick ^b   Teijink, Joep ^a   Prins, Martin ^a   Navsaria, Pradeep ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952014814     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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