Trauma center variation in splenic artery embolization and spleen salvage: A multicenter analysis

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-75

  Banerjee, Aman ^a   Duane, Therese M ^b   Wilson, Sean P ^b   Haney, Starre ^c   O'Neill, Patrick J ^c   Evans, Heather L ^d   Como, John J ^a   Claridge, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt spleen injury; Embolization; Practice variation; Splenic artery embolization; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT SPLENIC INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN INJURY SCALE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC ARTERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84880322799     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182988b3b     Document Type: Article

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