Adult respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia, and mortality following thoracic injury and a femoral fracture treated either with intramedullary nailing with reaming or with a plate. A comparative study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 799-809

  Bosse, Michael J ^a   Mackenzie, Ellen J ^b   Riemer, Barry L ^c   Brumback, Robert J ^d   Mccarthy, Melissa L ^b   Burgess, Andrew R ^d   Gens, David R ^d   Yasui, Yutaka ^e  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center ^*  (United States)

^d R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FLUID THERAPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0030976409     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199706000-00001     Document Type: Article

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