Severe traumatic injury: Regional variation in incidence and outcome

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-157

  Minei, Joseph P ^a   Schmicker, Robert H ^b   Kerby, Jeffrey D ^c   Stiell, Ian G ^d   Schreiber, Martin A ^e   Bulger, Eileen ^f   Tisherman, Samuel ^g   Hoyt, David B ^h   Nichol, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING RATE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; CANADA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 77954088246     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181df0401     Document Type: Article

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