A study of pattern and injury severity score in blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma cases in Manipal

Medico-Legal Update

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Meera, Th ^a   Nabachandra, H ^a  

^a REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blunttrauma; Survival period and injury severity score (ISS); Thoracoabdominal injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; PERITONITIS; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 23944490130     PISSN: 0971720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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