Validity of vascular trauma codes at major trauma centres

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 405-408

  Altoijry, Abdulmajeed ^a,c   Al Omran, Mohammed ^a,c   Lindsay, Thomas F ^b   Johnston, K Wayne ^b   Melo, Magda ^a   Mamdani, Muhammad ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CANADA; CLINICAL CODING; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 84893115519     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.013412     Document Type: Article

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