Uterine trauma in pregnancy after motor vehicle crashes with airbag deployment: A 30-case series

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 658-661

  Metz, Torri D ^a   Abbott, Jean T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airbags; Motor vehicle crashes; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VELOCITY;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS;

EID: 33748749971     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000209599.76059.06     Document Type: Article

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