738 Missed Injuries in Trauma Patients Attending a London Trauma Centre
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Missed injuries in trauma patients: A literature review
BACKGROUND Overlooked injuries and delayed diagnoses are still common problems in the treatment of polytrauma patients. Therefore, ongoing documentation describing the incidence rates of missed injuries, clinically significant missed injuries, contributing factors and outcome is necessary to improve the quality of trauma care. This review summarizes the available literature on missed injuries, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0007-1323,1365-2168
DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab134.322