Factors influencing mortality in major penetrating trauma: trauma unit Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
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2014-04-24
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Alves, Helena Maria Romeu
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To determine variables related to the patients with penetrating injuries, with a calculated New Injury severity Score (NISS) probality of survival equal to or greater than fifty percent (NISS P's≥50) to compare those who survived and those who died
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine in Emergency Medicine, Johannesburg , 2013