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Use of a Structural Deformity Index as a Predictor of Severity among Trauma Victims in Motor Vehicle Crashes

  • Diego Reyero Díez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Prehospital Emergency, Navarra Health Services, Pamplona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Diego Reyero Díez, MD, Prehospital Emergency, Navarra Health Services, c/Urbasa 83, Sarriguren, Navarra 31621, Spain
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  • Tomás Belzunegui Otano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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  • Begoña Bermejo Fraile, MD

      Affiliations

    • Médico Department of Formation and Investigation, Navarra Health Services, Pamplona, Spain
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  • Clint Jean Louis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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  • Jose Roldán Ramírez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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  • Alfredo Echarri Sucunza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Prehospital Emergency, Navarra Health Services, Pamplona, Spain

Received 6 May 2009 ,Revised 18 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 January 2010. Published online 08 March 2010 Corrected Proof

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PII: S0736-4679(10)00078-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.01.017

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