Notorious pitfalls in the care of multi-trauma patients

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-354

  Broos, P L O ^a   Willaert, W I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complications; Multi trauma; Pitfalls

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AIR EMBOLISM; AORTA INJURY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLUID THERAPY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART CONTUSION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTUBATION; KIDNEY INJURY; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SKELETON TRACTION; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRACHEOTOMY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMA, POST-HEAD INJURY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOVOLEMIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1542651889     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679442     Document Type: Review

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