Rib fractures in the elderly

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1040-1046

  Bulger, Eileen M ^b   Arneson, Matthew A ^c   Mock, Charles N ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Geriatric trauma; Pneumonia; Rib fractures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0033917498     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200006000-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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