The evolution of trauma surgery at a high-volume Canadian centre: implications for public health, prevention, clinical care, education and recruitment | Zendy

Chad G. Ball | Zendy; Debanjana Das | Zendy; Derek J. Roberts | Zendy; Christine Vis | Zendy; Andrew W. Kirkpatrick | Zendy; John B. Kortbeek | Zendy

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The evolution of trauma surgery at a high-volume Canadian centre: implications for public health, prevention, clinical care, education and recruitment

Author(s) -

Chad G. Ball,

Debanjana Das,

Derek J. Roberts,

Christine Vis,

Andrew W. Kirkpatrick,

John B. Kortbeek

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.001314

Subject(s) - medicine , injury severity score , emergency medicine , injury prevention , population , trauma center , demographics , poison control , retrospective cohort study , surgery , demography , environmental health , sociology

Trauma centres continue to evolve with respect to clinical care and their impact on public health. Despite improvements in patient outcomes, operative volumes, and therefore maintenance of surgical skills, has become a challenging issue. We sought to determine whether injury demographics and treatments at a high-volume centre changed over time.

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