Deaths at a Level 1 Trauma Unit: A clinical finding and post-mortem correlation study

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-95

  Steinwall, David ^a   Befrits, Fabian ^a   Naidoo, Steve R ^b   Hardcastle, Timothy ^b   Eriksson, Anders ^a   Muckart, David J J ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Missed injury; Post mortem; Trauma death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONTUSION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STAB WOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84855601040     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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