Injury trends and mortality in adult patients with major trauma in New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 233-237

  Curtis, Kate A ^a,b   Mitchell, Rebecca J ^c   Chong, Shanley S ^d   Balogh, Zsolt J ^e   Reed, Duncan J ^f   Clark, Peter T ^g   D'Amours, Scott ^h   Black, Deborah A ^a   Langcake, Mary E ^b   Taylor, Colman B ⁱ   McDougall, Patricia ^g   Cameron, Peter A ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Centre for Research Evidence Management and Surveillance   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management   (Australia)

^h LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867636913     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11351     Document Type: Article

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