Acute care surgery in evolution

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2010, Pages

  Davis, Kimberly A ^a   Rozycki, Grace S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

accreditation; acute surgical care; fellowship program; Surgery; training

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SPECIALIZATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; SPECIALIZATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956219254     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181ec55c8     Document Type: Article

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