Occult traumatic hemothorax: When can sleeping dogs lie?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 844-848

  Bilello, John F ^a   Davis, James W ^a   Lemaster, Deborah M ^a  

^a University Medical Center Fresno   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt; Computed axial tomography; Hemothorax; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INJURY; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENTILATOR;

EID: 27944507701     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.05.053     Document Type: Article

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