Influence of resident involvement on trauma care outcomes

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 856-862

  Bukur, Marko ^a   Singer, Matthew B ^a   Chung, Rex ^a   Ley, Eric J ^a   Malinoski, Darren J ^a   Margulies, Daniel R ^a   Salim, Ali ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84866521009     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.1672     Document Type: Article

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