Seniority of the first-treating doctor does not influence the outcome of acute whiplash injury: A prospective cohort study

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1627-1634

  Pieske, Oliver ^a   Weinhold, Toralf ^a   Buck, Jochen ^b   Piltz, Stefan ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Hochschule fur Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nurtingen Geislingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Junior doctor; Neck injury; Seniority; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349311593     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1379-9     Document Type: Article

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