Outcome after blunt traumatic thoracic aortic laceration: Identification of a high-risk cohort

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 413-422

  Camp, P C ^a   Shackford, S R ^a,n   Fischer, Ronald P ^a,b   Peden, Eric ^a,b   Hoyt, David B ^a,c   Healy, Mark A ^a,c   Ross, Steven E ^a,d   Grosso, Michael A ^a,d   Knudson, M Margaret ^a,e   Tellez, Mark G ^a,e   Davis, James W ^a,e   Lorenzo, Manual ^a,e   Metzdorff, Mark T ^a,f   Harrison, Paul B ^a,g   Lippoldt, Diana ^a,g   Pierce, George E ^a,h   Bloomfield, Geoffrey L ^a,i   Sugerman, Harvey ^a,i   Ochsner, M Gage ^a,j   Esrig, Barry C ^a,k   Lamar, Troy ^a,k   Landerscasper, Jeffrey ^a,l   Cogbill, T H ^a,l   Pachter, H Leon ^a,m   Guth, Amber A ^a,m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Legacy Portland Hospitals   (United States)

^g WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Age; Blunt aortic laceration; Comorbidity; Management; Trauma; blockers

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030762308     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199709000-00004     Document Type: Article

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