Cough-induced rib fractures

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 879-882

  Hanak, Viktor ^a   Hartman, Thomas E ^a   Ryu, Jay H ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21344437024     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/80.7.879     Document Type: Article

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