A standardized trauma care protocol decreased in-hospital mortality of patients with severe traumatic brain injury at a teaching hospital in a middle-income country

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1350-1354

  Kesinger, Matthew R ^a   Nagy, Lisa R ^b   Sequeira, Denisse J ^a   Charry, Jose D ^c   Puyana, Juan C ^b   Rubiano, Andres M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SURCOLOMBIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Quality improvement in LMIC; Severe TBI; Trauma

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLOMBIA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905502354     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.04.037     Document Type: Article

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