Life-threatening chest injuries in children

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-22

  Pitetti, Raymond D ^a   Walker, Sonya ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest injuries; Pediatric trauma; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; HEART CONTUSION; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG CONTUSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVALENCE; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX INJURY; TRACHEA INJURY;

EID: 18944407578     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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