The rapid impact on mortality rates of a dedicated care team including trauma and emergency physicians at an Academic Medical Center

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 586-591

  Gerardo, Charles J ^a   Glickman, Seth W ^b   Vaslef, Steven N ^a   Chandra, Abhinav ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Cairns, Charles B ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

board certification; mortality; quality improvement; trauma; trauma team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79956019296     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: 07364679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.08.056     Document Type: Article

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