Efficacy of follow-up evaluation in penetrating thoracic injuries: 3- vs. 6-hour radiographs of the chest

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-284

  Shatz, David V ^a   De La Pedraja, Jorge ^a   Erbella, Jose ^b   Hameed, Morad ^a   Vail, Syndey J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c St Mary Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Chest tube; Penetrating trauma; Pneumothorax; Thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0035108804     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(01)00290-6     Document Type: Article

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