Chest injury due to blunt trauma

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 374-378

  Liman, Serife Tuba ^a,b   Kuzucu, Akin ^a   Tastepe, Abdullah Irfan ^a   Ulasan, Gulay Neslihan ^a   Topcu, Salih ^a  

^a Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital Ankara   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Chest injury; Rib fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0037335251     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00813-8     Document Type: Article

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