Outcomes of adult trauma patients admitted to trauma centers in Pennsylvania, 2000-2009

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 732-737

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Osler, Turner M ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^c   Dick, Andrew W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAB WOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84865592596     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.1138     Document Type: Article

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