Influence of Flail Chest on Outcome among Patients with Severe Thoracic Cage Trauma

International Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 240-244

  Velmahos, George C ^a,c   Vassiliu, Pantelis ^a,c   Chan, Linda S ^b,c   Murray, James A ^a,c   Berne, Thomas V ^a,c   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flail chest; Respiratory complications; Rib fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 0042305470     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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