Timeliness in obtaining emergent percutaneous procedures in severely injured patients: How long is too long and should we create quality assurance guidelines?

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Andrew ^a   Ouellet, Jean Francois ^a   Niven, Daniel ^a   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Dixon, Elijah ^a   D'Amours, Scott ^b   Ball, Chad G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; INJURY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893079122     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.020012     Document Type: Article

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