Impact of deferred treatment of blunt diaphragmatic rupture: a 15-year experience in six trauma centers in quebec

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 633-640

  Bergeron, Eric ^a   Clas, David ^a   Ratte, Sebastien ^a   Martin, Marcel ^a   Beauchamp, Gilles ^b   Evans, David ^c   Frechette, Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036232259     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200204000-00004     Document Type: Article

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