Blunt vascular neck injuries: Diagnosis and outcomes of extracranial vessel injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 472-476

  McKevitt, Elaine C ^a   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Vertesi, Leslie ^a   Granger, Robert ^a   Simons, Richard K ^a  

^a VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Carotid artery injury; Neck injuries; Screening; Trauma; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SKULL FRACTURE; STROKE; THORAX INJURY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0036737816     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200209000-00013     Document Type: Article

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