Diagnosis and outcome of blunt caval injuries in the modern trauma center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1053-1057

  Netto, Fernando A C Spencer ^a   Tien, Homer ^a   Hamilton, Paul ^a   Rizoli, Sandro B ^a   Chu, Peter ^a   Maggisano, Robert ^a   Brenneman, Frederick ^a   Tremblay, Lorraine N ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Computed tomography; Inferior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAVA VEIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; VEIN INJURY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33750937447     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000241148.50832.87     Document Type: Article

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