Traumatic blunt carotid injury: Clinical experience and review of the literature

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-42

  Berlot, G ^a   Nicolazzi, G ^a   Viviani, M ^a   Silvestri, L ^a   Tomasini, A ^a   Gullo, A ^a   Cioffi, V ^a   Bussani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Arterial dissection; Arterial thrombosis; Blunt head trauma; Cerebral infarction; Neck trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0030091010     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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