Spectrum of blunt chest injuries

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Thoongsuwan, Nisa ^a   Kanne, Jeffrey P ^a   Stern, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Contusion; Laceration; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

AORTA INJURY; BRONCHUS INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; FRACTURE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LACERATION; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG LACERATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOTHORAX; RIB FRACTURE; SCAPULA; SCAPULA FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; STERNUM; STERNUM FRACTURE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACIC SPINE FRACTURE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL LACERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 17644419327     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000148210.89718.f5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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