Acute care surgery: The impact of an acute care surgery service on assessment, flow, and disposition in the emergency department

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 578-583

  Ball, Chad G ^a   MacLean, Anthony R ^a   Dixon, Elijah ^a   Quan, May Lynn ^a   Nicholson, Lynn ^a   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Sutherland, Francis R ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CARE SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84859893025     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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