Selective management of penetrating truncal injuries: Is emergency department discharge a reasonable goal?

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-272

  Conrad, Mark F ^a   Patton Jr , Joe H ^a   Parikshak, Manesh ^a   Kralovich, Kurt A ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAB WOUND; STANDARD; THORAX INJURY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0037365671     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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