Time intervals in the treatment of fractured femurs as indicators of the quality of trauma systems

• Main Authors: Amir Matityahu (Author), Iain Elliott (Author), Meir Marmor (Author), Amber Caldwell (Author), Richard Coughlin (Author), Richard A Gosselin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective To investigate the use of time intervals in the treatment of fractured femurs as indicators of the quality of trauma systems. Methods Time intervals from injury to admission, admission to surgery and surgery to discharge for patients with isolated femur fractures in four low- and middle-in...