The changing face of major trauma in the UK

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 911-915

  Kehoe, A ^a,b   Smith, J E ^a,b,c   Edwards, A ^d   Yates, D ^d   Lecky, F ^d,e  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949464124     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-205265     Document Type: Article

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