Interhospital transfer of liver trauma in New Mexico: A state of austere resources

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-32

  Szoka, Nova ^a   Murray Krezan, Cristina ^b   Miskimins, Richard ^a   Greenbaum, Alissa ^a   Tobey, David ^a   Faizi, Syed ^a   West, Sonlee ^a   Lu, Stephen ^a   Howdieshell, Thomas ^a   Demarest, Gerald ^a   Nir, Itzhak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic trauma; Hepatobiliary surgeon; Liver injury; Mortality; Transport

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; UNITED STATES; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; LIVER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; NEW MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906263277     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.05.043     Document Type: Article

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