Injuries due to falls from a considerable height. A comparative analysis from injuries and clinical course after international or accidental fall;Verletzungen nach fall aus grosser hohe. Eine vergleichende analyse von verletzungsmuster und verlauf nach suizidalem und akzidentellem absturztrauma

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 525-530

  Aufmkolk, M ^a   Voggenreiter, G ^b   Majetschak, M ^b   Neudeck, F ^b   Schmit Neuerburg, K P ^b   Obertacke, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ARDS; Falls; MOF; Multiple trauma; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG FRACTURE; LIVER INJURY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIS FRACTURE; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032782278     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001130050445     Document Type: Article

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