Polytrauma is more severe after a free fall from a height than after a motor vehicle accident;Les polytraumatismes sont plus graves après chute d'une grande hauteur qu'après accident de la voie publique

Annales de Chirurgie

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 526-529

  Nguyen Thanh, Q ^a   Tresallet C ^a   Langeron, O ^a,b   Riou, B ^a,b   Menegaux, F ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Services d'Accueil et de Traitement des Urgences   (France)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Fall; Laparotomy; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; HEIGHT; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIS FRACTURE; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 10744228646     PISSN: 00033944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3944(03)00208-6     Document Type: Article

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