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ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie2018

One thousand consecutive in-hospital deaths following severe injury: Has the etiology of traumatic inpatient death changed in Canada?

Derek J Roberts, Christina Harzan, Andrew W Kirkpatrick, Elijah Dixon, Sean C Grondin, Paul B McBeth, Gilaad G Kaplan, Chad G Ball

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Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Early correction of base deficit decreases late mortality in polytrauma.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024
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  2. Trauma-induced coagulopathy.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Derek J RobertsFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Roberts, Harzan, Kirkpatrick, Dixon, Grondin, McBeth, Ball); and the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Kaplan).
Christina HarzanFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Roberts, Harzan, Kirkpatrick, Dixon, Grondin, McBeth, Ball); and the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Kaplan).
Andrew W KirkpatrickFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Roberts, Harzan, Kirkpatrick, Dixon, Grondin, McBeth, Ball); and the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Kaplan).
Elijah DixonFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Roberts, Harzan, Kirkpatrick, Dixon, Grondin, McBeth, Ball); and the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Kaplan).
Sean C GrondinFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Roberts, Harzan, Kirkpatrick, Dixon, Grondin, McBeth, Ball); and the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Kaplan).
Paul B McBethFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Roberts, Harzan, Kirkpatrick, Dixon, Grondin, McBeth, Ball); and the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Kaplan).
Gilaad G KaplanFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Roberts, Harzan, Kirkpatrick, Dixon, Grondin, McBeth, Ball); and the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Kaplan).
Chad G BallFrom the Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Roberts, Harzan, Kirkpatrick, Dixon, Grondin, McBeth, Ball); and the Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Kaplan).

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

summaryA wide range of factors have traditionally led to early in-hospital death following severe injury. The primary goal of this commentary was to evaluate the causes of early posttraumatic inpatient deaths over an extended period. Although early posttraumatic in-hospital death remains multifactorial, severe traumatic brain injuries are the dominant cause and have increased in proportion over time. Other traditional causes of death have also decreased owing to improved clinical care.

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PMID29806810
PMCPMC5973900

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