Factors predicting early in-hospital death in blunt thoracic aortic injury

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 906-911

  Simon, Bruce Jay ^a,b   Leslie, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic injury; Blunt; Diagnosis; Hemothorax; Mediastinal hematoma; Sudden death; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RUPTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECELERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; MORTALITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035210085     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200111000-00013     Document Type: Article

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