Pediatric blunt trauma: A retrospective analysis in a level I trauma center

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 538-543

  Sharma, Om P ^a,b   Oswanski, Michael F ^a   Stringfellow, Kathryn C ^a   Raj, Shekhar S ^a  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIS FRACTURE; RIB FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33746535018     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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