Contribution of age and gender to outcome of blunt splenic injury in adults: Multicenter study of the eastern association for the surgery of trauma

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 887-895

  Harbrecht, Brian G ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a   Rivera, Louis ^a   Heil, Brian ^b   Croce, Martin ^b   Morris, John A ^c   Enderson, Blaine L ^c   Kurek, Stanley ^c   Pasquale, Michael ^c   Frykberg, Eric R ^d   Minei, Joseph P ^d   Meredith, J Wayne ^d   Young, Joseph ^d   Kealey, G Patrick ^e   Ross, Steven ^e   Luchette, Fred A ^e   McCarthy, Mary ^f   Davis, Frank ^f   Shatz, David ^f   Tinkoff, Glenn ^f   Block, Ernest F J ^f   Cone, John B ^f   Jones, Larry M ^f   Chalifoux, Thomas ^f   Federle, Michael B ^g   Clancy, Keith D ^g   Ochoa, Juan B ^g   Fakhry, Samir M ^g   Townsend, Ricard ^g   Bell, Richard M ^h   Weireter, Leonard ^h   Shapiro, Michael B ^h   Rogers, Fred ^h   Dunham, C Michael ^h   McAuley, Clyde E ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035214080     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200111000-00010     Document Type: Article

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