Management of chest injuries - A 5 year retrospective survey

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 443-446

  Kalyanaraman, R ^a   De Mello, W F ^a   Ravishankar, M ^b  

^a Pontefract General Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX INJURY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANALGESIA; DRAINAGE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0032127748     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00081-3     Document Type: Article

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