Pelvic ring fractures: Has mortality improved following the implementation of damage control resuscitation?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1083-1090

  Fitzgerald, Caitlin A ^a   Morse, Bryan C ^a   Dente, Christopher J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage control resuscitation; Patient mortality; Pelvic ring fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAMAGE CONTROL RESUSCITATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPEN FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRACTURES, BONE; GEORGIA; INJURY SCALE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC BONES; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84916624592     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.09.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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