Complications to evaluate adult trauma care: An expert consensus study

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 322-329

  Moore, Lynne ^a,b   Lauzier, François ^b,c   Stelfox, Henry Thomas ^d   Le Sage, Natalie ^a,b   Bourgeois, Gilles ^e   Clément, Julien ^c   Shemilt, Michèle ^a,b   Turgeon, Alexis F ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Social and Preventative Medicine Axe Santé des Populations Pratiques Optimales en Santé Traumatologie Urgence Soins Intensifs Trauma Emergency Critical Care Medicine   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e Institute national d'excellence en santé et services sociaux   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Delphi; Expert consensus; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ACUTE ADULT TRAUMA CARE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CATHETER INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIRIUM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SEPSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; DELIRIUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEPSIS; TRAUMATOLOGY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84904978422     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000366     Document Type: Article

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