The effect of an organized trauma system on mortality in major trauma involving serious head injury: A comparison of the United Kingdom and Victoria, Australia

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-143

  Gabbe, Belinda J ^f   Biostat, Grad Dip ^a,b   Lecky, Fiona E ^c,d   Bouamra, Omar ^c   Woodford, Maralyn ^c   Jenks, Tom ^c   Coats, Timothy J ^c,e   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 78751608562     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f6685b     Document Type: Article

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