Emergent thoracotomy for airway control after intrathoracic tracheal injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1163-1164

  Shah, Ashish S ^a   Forbess, Joseph M ^a   Skaryak, Lynne A ^a   Lilly, R Eric ^a   Vaslef, Steven N ^a   D'Amico, Thomas A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEA INJURY;

EID: 0033943025     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200006000-00027     Document Type: Article

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