More operations, more deaths? relationship between operative intervention rates and risk-adjusted mortality at trauma centers

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Shafi, Shahid ^a   Parks, Jennifer ^b   Ahn, Chul ^c   Gentilello, Larry M ^d   Nathens, Avery B ^e  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Operative interventions; Risk adjusted mortality; Trauma Quality Improvement Project

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SPLEEN; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954745039     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e28168     Document Type: Article

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