Management of simple thoracic injuries at a Level I trauma centre: Can primary health care system take over?

Injury

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 669-675

  Sanidas, E ^a,b   Kafetzakis, A ^a   Valassiadou, K ^a   Kassotakis, G ^a   Mihalakis, J ^a   Drositis, J ^a   Chalkiadakis, G ^a   Tsiftsis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033749339     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(00)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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