Trauma Centers
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Traumatic diaphragmatic injury: experience from a level I trauma center.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Traumatic diaphragmatic injuries (TDI) are uncommon but associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. We sought to analyze patients with TDI at a large trauma center and associated county coroner to identify characteristics ... Read more...

Complication rates among trauma centers.

17 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to examine the association between patient complications and admission to Level I trauma centers (TC) compared with nontrauma centers (NTC). STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective cohort study of data derived ... Read more...

Time to definitive care for patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury--does a trauma system matter?

9 Sep 2009 AIM: The presence of a trauma system has been associated with improved outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) by speeding up transfers to a neurosurgical centre. Improved outcomes are associated with time to neurosurgical ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Trauma Centers'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Traumatic diaphragmatic injury: experience from a level I trauma center. 29 Sep 2009
• Complication rates among trauma centers. 17 Sep 2009
• Time to definitive care for patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury--does a trauma system matter? 9 Sep 2009
• Child abuse and orthopaedic injury patterns: analysis at a level I pediatric trauma center. 30 Aug 2009
• Expanding pediatric orthopaedic trauma volume at a pediatric level 1 trauma hospital. 30 Aug 2009
• Trauma tsar puts nurses at the centre of his plans. 30 Aug 2009
• A simplified set of trauma triage criteria to safely reduce overtriage: a prospective study. 30 Aug 2009
• Wasted hospital days impair the value of length-of-stay variables in the quality assessment of trauma care. 30 Aug 2009
• The impact of a new trauma center on an existing nearby trauma center. 30 Aug 2009
• Creating a nationally representative sample of patients from trauma centers. 30 Aug 2009
• Electronic medical records and mortality in trauma patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Suicides, homicides, and unintentional injury deaths after trauma center discharge: cocaine use as a risk factor. 30 Aug 2009
• Emergency department visits: the cost of trauma centers. 30 Aug 2009
• An academic medical center under prolonged rocket attack--organizational, medical, and financial considerations. 30 Aug 2009
• Understanding the risk factors of trauma center closures: do financial pressure and community characteristics matter? 30 Aug 2009
• The success of emergency endotracheal intubation in trauma patients: a 10-year experience at a major adult trauma referral center. 30 Aug 2009
• Forecasting emergency department crowding: an external, multicenter evaluation. 27 Aug 2009
• Trauma and surgical critical care workforce in the United States: a severe surgeon shortage appears imminent. 18 Aug 2009
• Prospective validation and head-to-head comparison of 3 ankle rules in a pediatric population. Aug 2009
• Ten-year retrospective study of delayed diagnosis of injury in pediatric trauma patients at a level II trauma center. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Trauma Centers'

Definition: Specialized hospital facilities which provide diagnostic and therapeutic services for trauma patients.

Descriptor UI: D014193

Alternative terms: Trauma Centers; Center, Trauma; Centers, Trauma; Trauma Center; Trauma Units; Trauma Unit; Unit, Trauma; Units, Trauma;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.354.422.336.500; N02.421.297.195.480; N04.452.442.422.336.400;

History Note: 75