Isolated sternal fracture - A benign condition?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-106

  Bar, Ilan ^b   Friedman, Tal ^b   Rudis, Ehud ^a   Shargal, Yaron ^a   Friedman, Mony ^b   Elami, Amir ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Asaf Harofe Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fracture; Sternum; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYMES; FRACTURE; PATIENT MONITORING;

STERNAL FRACTURE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CREATINE KINASE MB; HEART ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ST SEGMENT; STERNUM FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; STERNUM;

EID: 0037301328     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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