Patterns of early mortality after trauma in a neighborhood urban trauma center: Can we improve outcomes?

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 764-767

  Berbiglia, Lindsay ^a   Lopez, Peter P ^a   Bair, Leah ^a   Ammon, Adelaide ^a   Navas, Gwyneth ^a   Keller, Melissa ^a   Diebel, Lawrence N ^a  

^a SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STAB WOUND; STRANGULATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882396618     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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