Nonaortic mediastinal injuries from blunt chest trauma

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-127

  Ketai, Loren ^a,b   Brandt, Mary Margaret ^c   Schermer, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Mediastinal diseases radiography; Thoracic injuries radiography; Wounds, nonpenetrating complications; Wounds, nonpenetrating radiography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDIASTINUM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; REVIEW; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SCINTISCANNING; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGUS; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0034008044     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200004000-00007     Document Type: Review

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