Nonoperative management of traumatic aortic injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 597-601

  Hirose, Hitoshi ^a   Gill, Inderjit S ^a   Malangoni, Mark A ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic injury; Blunt trauma; Management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; THORACIC AORTA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33645543193     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000205044.99771.44     Document Type: Article

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