Open AccessPediatric trauma mortality by type of designated hospital in a mature inclusive trauma system
Author(s) -
Rachid Amini,
André Lavoie,
Lynne Moore,
Marie-Josée Sirois,
Marcel Émond
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.76824
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , pediatric trauma , logistic regression , pediatrics , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , major trauma , multivariate analysis , injury prevention , poison control , surgery
Previous studies have shown divergent results regarding the survival of injured children treated at pediatric trauma centers (PTC) and adult trauma centers (ATC).