Pediatric Trauma Is Very Much A Surgical Disease

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 237, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 775-781

  Tepas III, Joseph J ^a,b   Frykberg, Eric R ^b   Schinco, Miren A ^b   Pieper, Pam ^b   DiScala, Carla ^b   O'Neill Jr , James A ^b   Flint, Lewis M ^b   Britt, L D ^b   Haller Jr , J Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFANT; INJURY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85047690557     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SLA.0000068118.01520.86     Document Type: Conference Paper

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