Improved functional outcomes for major trauma patients in a regionalized, inclusive trauma system

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1009-1015

  Gabbe, Belinda J ^a   Biostat, Grad Dip ^a   Simpson, Pam M ^a   Sutherland, Ann M ^d   Dip, Grad ^a,b   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Fitzgerald, Mark C ^b,c   Judson, Rodney ^c   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SCALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVOR; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861342320     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31824c4b91     Document Type: Article

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