Airway status in civilian maxillofacial gunshot injuries in Johannesburg, South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 803-806

  Tsakiris, P ^a   Cleaton Jones, P E ^a   Lownie, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; NEGRO; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0036773060     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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