The definition of polytrauma revisited: An international consensus process and proposal of the new 'Berlin definition'

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 780-786

  Pape, Hans Christoph ^b   Lefering, Rolf ^c,d   Butcher, Nerida ^h   Peitzman, Andrew ⁱ   Leenen, Luke ^k   Marzi, Ingo ^e   Lichte, Philip ^a,b   Josten, Christoph ^f   Bouillon, Bertil ^c,d   Schmucker, Uli ^g   Stahel, Philip ^j   Giannoudis, Peter ^l   Balogh, Zsolt ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AACHEN MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b Harald Tscherne Lab for Orthopaedic Trauma   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g AUC Academy for Trauma Surgery   (Germany)

^h JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Assessment of patients with multiple injuries; Biomarkers for polytrauma; Conventional parameters for assessment; Definition of polytrauma; Grading of patients

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONSENSUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84925856767     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000453     Document Type: Article

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