Blood pressure effects of thoracic gunshot wounds: The role of bullet image diameter

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 354-356

  Marraccini, John V ^a  

^a Departments of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0035321411     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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