A protocol for a scoping and qualitative study to identify and evaluate indications for damage control surgery and damage control interventions in civilian trauma patients

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Roberts, Derek J ^a,b   Zygun, David A ^c   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Ball, Chad G ^a   Faris, Peter D ^a   Bobrovitz, Niklas ^d   Robertson, Helen Lee ^a   Stelfox, H Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DAMAGE CONTROL INTERVENTION; DAMAGE CONTROL SURGERY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INJURY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES APPROPRIATENESS RATING METHOD; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REOPERATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84903839856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005634     Document Type: Article

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