Needle thoracostomy may not be indicated in the trauma patient

Injury

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 749-752

  Cullinane, Daniel C ^a   Morris Jr , John A ^a   Bass, John G ^a   Rutherford, Edmund J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEEDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; THORAX; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE; THORACOSTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035689801     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(01)00082-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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