Open AccessHospital trauma level's association with outcomes for injured pregnant women and their neonates in Washington state, 1995–2012
Author(s) -
John T. Distelhorst,
Michele A Soltis,
Vijay Krishnamoorthy,
Melissa A. Schiff
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_17_17
Subject(s) - medicine , association (psychology) , obstetrics , emergency medicine , epistemology , philosophy
Trauma occurs in 8% of all pregnancies. To date, no studies have evaluated the effect of the hospital's trauma designation level as it relates to birth outcomes for injured pregnant women.