Development and pilot implementation of a locally developed Trauma Registry: Lessons learnt in a low-income country

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mehmood, Amber ^a   Razzak, Junaid Abdul ^a   Kabir, Sarah ^a   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^b   Hyder, Adnan A ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Outcome; Pakistan; Surveillance; Trauma registry

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PILOT STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875137166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-13-4     Document Type: Article

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