Prevalence of delayed hemothorax in blunt thoracic trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 481-486

  Sharma, Om P ^a,b   Hagler, Sara ^a   Oswanski, Michael F ^a  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECORTICATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHRENIC NERVE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; X RAY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 23244459061     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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