Long term morbidity in patients suffering a sternal fracture following discharge from the A and E department

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 609-612

  De Oliveira, M ^a,b   Hassan, T B ^b   Sebewufu, R ^c   Finlay, D ^b   Quinton, D N ^b  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Peterborough General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; STERNUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS; STERNUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032191942     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00145-4     Document Type: Article

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