Do pre-hospital anaesthesiologists reliably predict mortality using the NACA severity score? A retrospective cohort study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1253-1259

  Raatiniemi, L ^a,e   Mikkelsen, K ^a   Fredriksen, K ^b,c   Wisborg, T ^a,c,d  

^a FINNMARK HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FOLLOW UP; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS SEVERITY SCORE; NORWAY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84886920682     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12208     Document Type: Article

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