Delayed Repair for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury: Is it Really Equivalent to Early Repair?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-23

  Hemmila, Mark R ^a   Arbabi, Saman ^a   Rowe, Stephen A ^a   Brandt, Mary Margaret ^a   Wang, Stewart C ^a   Taheri, Paul A ^a   Wahl, Wendy L ^a   Mattox, Kenneth L ^b   Ross, Steven ^b   Shackford, Steven R ^b   Schermer, Carol R ^b   Yukioka, Tetsu ^b   McCarthy, Mary ^b   Richardson, J David ^b   Fabian, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b 1C421 University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Antihypertensive therapy; Blunt thoracic aortic injury; Delayed operation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ESMOLOL; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA INJURY; AORTA SURGERY; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 10744224223     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000108634.15989.07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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