Blunt diaphragmatic injury in a 7-year-old girl

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-42

  Adler, David H ^a  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Diaphragmatic injury; Diaphragmatic rupture; Pediatric trauma; Traumatic diaphragm rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; DIAPHRAGM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036590733     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00459-6     Document Type: Article

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