Treatment outcomes of injured children at adult level 1 trauma centers: Are there benefits from added specialized care?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-449

  Oyetunji, Tolulope A ^a   Haider, Adil H ^b   Downing, Stephanie R ^a   Bolorunduro, Oluwaseyi B ^a   Efron, David T ^b   Haut, Elliott R ^b   Chang, David C ^c   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a   Abdullah, Fizan ^b   Siram, Suryanarayana M ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric; Trauma; Trauma center

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952959093     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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