Thoracic Trauma and Critical Care
Contributors: Riyad Karmy-Jones (Editor); Avery Nathens (Editor); Eric Stern (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9781402072154
Subjects: Accident & emergency medicine; Cardiothoracic surgery; Surgery; Intensive Care Medicine; Thoracic Surgery; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Respiratory distress syndrome; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Critical Care; Emergency Medicine; Surgery - Thoracic; Medical / Emergency Medicine; Chest; Wounds and injuries; Critical care medicine
First sentence: Trauma scoring systems were initially created for the purpose of field triage and to allow objective comparisons of trauma patient cohorts.