Incidence and etiology of mortality in polytrauma patients in a Dutch level I trauma center

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-54

  El Mestoui, Zainab ^a   Jalalzadeh, Hamid ^a   Giannakopoulos, Georgios F ^a   Zuidema, Wietse P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autopsy; donation; mortality; polytrauma; trauma; TRISS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; EXSANGUINATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; CYCLING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BICYCLING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EXSANGUINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 85010430759     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000293     Document Type: Article

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