Frequency of rib and sternum fractures associated with out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation is underestimated by conventional chest X-ray

Resuscitation

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-162

  Lederer, Wolfgang ^a   Mair, Dieter ^b   Rabl, Walter ^a   Baubin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Fractures; Radiology; Rib and sternal; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; RETEPLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOLATED ORGAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURE; STERNUM; STERNUM FRACTURE; STOMACH DISEASE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL;

EID: 1242292328     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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