Rescue time and survival of severely injured patients in Germany;Rettungszeit und Überleben von Schwerverletzten in Deutschland

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-350

  Kleber, C ^a   Lefering, R ^a   Kleber, A J ^a   Buschmann, C T ^a   Bail, H J ^a   Schaser, K D ^a   Haas, N P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergency physician; Polytrauma; Quality; Rescue time; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; ARTICLE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESCUE WORK; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WAITING LISTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84877873133     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-011-2132-5     Document Type: Article

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