Incidence and characteristics of motor vehicle collision-related blunt thoracic aortic injury according to age

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 859-866

  McGwin, Gerald ^a,b,c   Reiff, Donald A ^a,c   Moran, Stephan G ^a,c   Rue, Loring W ^a,c  

^a Divisions of General Surgery   (United States)

^b School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RUPTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AORTA, THORACIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036097933     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200205000-00007     Document Type: Article

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