In-house direct supervision by an attending is associated with differences in the care of patients with a blunt splenic injury

Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 718-726

  Claridge, Jeffrey A ^a   Carter, Jeffrey W ^a   McCoy, Andrew M ^a   Malangoni, Mark A ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 80054093162     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.078     Document Type: Article

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