An acute care surgery model provides safe and timely care for both trauma and emergency general surgery patients

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Matsushima, Kazuhide ^a   Cook, Alan ^b   Tollack, Lauren ^c   Shafi, Shahid ^d   Frankel, Heidi ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute care surgery; trauma and emergency general surgery; workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; WORKLOAD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952485971     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.11.922     Document Type: Article

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