Outcomes after severe head injury: A national trauma data bank-based comparison of level I and level II trauma centers

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-280

  Alkhoury, Fuad ^a   Courtney, John ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEG THROMBOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952418052     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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