Poorer outcomes for mass casualty events victims: Is it evidence based?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 653-658

  Peleg, Kobi ^a   Rozenfeld, Michael ^a,b   Stein, Michael ^c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gunshot wounds; Mass casualty event; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THORAX INJURY; AGE; CHILD; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957593432     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e7bbfc     Document Type: Article

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