Identification of early predictors for post-traumatic pneumonia

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-110

  Croce, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0035258743     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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