Clinical rib fractures: Are follow-up chest X-rays a waste of resources?

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 449-453

  Bansidhar, Brian J ^a,b   Lagares Garcia, Jorge A ^a   Miller, S L ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES;

EID: 0036581317     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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