Adrenal gland trauma is associated with high injury severity and mortality

Current Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-436

  Stawicki, Stanislaw P ^a   Hoey, Brian A ^a,b   Grossman, Michael D ^a,b   Anderson III, Harry L ^a   Reed III, James F ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal hemorrhage; Associated injuries; Diagnosis and treatment; Traumatic adrenal injuries

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; NURSING HOME; ORGAN INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SEPSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0038348151     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(02)00796-1     Document Type: Article

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