Cirrhosis and trauma: A deadly duo

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 996-1000

  Christmas, A Britton ^a   Wilson, Ashley K ^a   Franklin, Glen A ^a   Miller, Frank B ^a   Richardson, J David ^a   Rodriguez, Jorge L ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644856427     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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