Medical evacuation management and clinical characteristics of 3,255 inpatients after the 2010 Yushu earthquake in China

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1626-1633

  Kang, Peng ^a   Zhang, Lulu ^a   Liang, Wannian ^b   Zhu, Zenghong ^c   Liu, Yuan ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Yang, Hongyang ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Office of Health Emergency   (China)

Author keywords

Altitude sickness; China; Crush syndrome; Earthquake; Fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CRUSH SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864541185     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182479e07     Document Type: Article

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