Rural trauma in Iran: are the data reliable?
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چکیده
An Iranian team has reported the results of a rural prehospital trauma system. In a previous comment to their article I asked the team to come forward with additional information in order to validate the accuracy of the main variable in their study, the physiological severity score (PSS) 2 . The Iranian colleagues responded promptly 3 and thus opened an important discussion on quality standards for trauma registry analysis.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Rural and remote health
دوره 10 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010