Factors related to outcome in blunt intestinal injuries requiring operation

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 889-892

  Kafie, Fernando ^a   Tominaga, Gail T ^b,d   Yoong, Benjamin ^a   Waxman, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0030881522     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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