A Re-Evaluation of the Effect of Trauma Center Verification Level on the Early Risk of Death in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients

David Plurad; Glenn Geesman; Nicholas Sheets; Bhani K Chawla-Kondal; Ahmed Mahmoud

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.14462

A Re-Evaluation of the Effect of Trauma Center Verification Level on the Early Risk of Death in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients

David Plurad
, Glenn Geesman
, Nicholas Sheets
, Bhani K Chawla-Kondal
, Ahmed Mahmoud

Riverside Community Hospital

General Surgery, Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, USA.
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, USA.

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.14462
State	Published - Apr 13 2021

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Cardiology
Internal Medicine

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