A 5-year review of a trauma-trained hospitalist program for trauma patients: A matched cohort study

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-68

  Orlando, Alessandro ^a   Salottolo, Kristin ^a   Uribe, Phyllis ^a   Howell, Patricia A ^a   Slone, Denetta S ^a   Bar Or, David ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862896557     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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