Management of flail chest injury: Internal fixation versus endotracheal intubation and ventilation

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1676-1680

  Ahmed, Zahoor ^a   Mohyuddin, Zahoor ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMAN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0028818739     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70030-7     Document Type: Article

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