Traumatic asphyxia: An indicator of potentially severe injury in trauma

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 746-749

  Dunne, J R ^a   Shaked, G ^b   Golocovsky, Mario ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRUSH TRAUMA; CYANOSIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; ASPHYXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA;

EID: 0030433637     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(96)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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