Challenging issues in surgical critical care, trauma, and acute care surgery: A report from the critical care committee of the American association for the surgery of trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1619-1633

  Napolitano, Lena M ^a   Fulda, Gerard J ^a   Davis, Kimberly A ^a   Ashley, Dennis W ^a   Friese, Randall ^a   Van Way, Charles W ^a   Meredith, J Wayne ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Critical care; Fellowship; Regionalization; Training; Trauma; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXAMINATION; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; LENGTH OF STAY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REGIONALIZATION; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; CRITICAL CARE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650823934     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182011089     Document Type: Article

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