Determinants of survival after inferior vena cava trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 976-981

  Kuehne, Jonathan ^a   Frankhouse, Joseph ^a   Modrall, Greg ^a   Golshani, Shapour ^a   Aziz, Ihab ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Yellin, Albert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032843509     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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