Complications of intercostal catheter insertion using EMST techniques for chest trauma

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 420-423

  Heng, Kenneth ^a   Bystrzycki, Adam ^a   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a,e   Gocentas, Robert ^a   Bernard, Stephen ^d   Niggemeyer, Louise ^b   Cooper, David James ^c   Kossmann, Thomas ^b  

^a Emergency and Trauma Centre   (Australia)

^b Metropol Ambulance Serv Air A ^*  (Australia)

^c Trauma Intensive Care   (Australia)

^d Metropol Ambulance Serv Air A   (Australia)

^e Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Complications; Intercostal catheter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERCOSTAL CATHETER INSERTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RIBS; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 3042829829     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03023.x     Document Type: Article

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