Tertiary assessment of trauma patients in a hospital in the city of São Paulo: a question of necessity

OBJECTIVE: To minimize the occurrence of missed injuries, the tertiary evaluation was introduced consisting of reassessment of the patient, 24 hours after admission, with: complete history, physical examination, review of exams and diagnostic testing if necessary. METHODS: Observational study e...

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Main Authors: Thiago Ricardo Roessle, Claudia Diniz Freitas, Herman Fabian Moscovici, Caio Zamboni, Jose Octavio Soares Hungria, Ralph Walter Christian, Marcelo Tomanik Mercadante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2013-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000400357&lng=en&tlng=en