The impact of trauma-center care on mortality and function following pelvic ring and acetabular injuries

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 265-272

  Morshed, Saam ^a   Knops, Simon ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^b   Wang, Jin ^c   MacKenzie, Ellen ^d   Rivara, Frederick P ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULAR INJURY; ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT FORM 36; TRAUMA CENTER CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTURE; INJURIES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928047691     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.N.00008     Document Type: Article

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