Prehospital intubation does not decrease complications in the penetrating trauma patient

American Surgeon

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-14

  Taghavi, Sharven ^a   Vora, Halley P ^b   Jayarajan, Senthil N ^a   Gaughan, John P ^b   Pathak, Abhijit S ^a   Santora, Thomas A ^a   Goldberg, Amy J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INHOSPITAL COMPLICATION; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREDICTION; PREHOSPITAL INTUBATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; GUNSHOT INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAB WOUND; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 84894859234     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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