AIS > 2 in at least two body regions: A potential new anatomical definition of polytrauma

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-199

  Butcher, Nerida ^a   Balogh, Zsolt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale; Injury Severity Score; Multiple organ failure; Polytrauma; Trauma outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84855850721     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.06.029     Document Type: Article

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