Injury Infection and Critical Care

Researchers from University of Pennsylvania report on findings in injury infection and critical care

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, October 2nd, 2008

"Many series have found that certain associated injuries occur with greater frequency in patients with scapula fractures than in patients without scapula fractures. However, several of the published series were limited by lack of a control group, inclusion of a patient population limited to the catchment area of one hospital, or inadequate control for injury severity," scientists in the United States report.

"The goal of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between scapula fractures and concomitant injury and which injuries related simply to the increased injury severity observed in this patient population. This series was a retrospective case...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-10-02)

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