Ocular injuries in patients with major trauma

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 915-917

  Guly, Catherine M ^a,d   Guly, H R ^b   Bouamra, O ^c   Gray, R H ^a   Lecky, F E ^c  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Trauma Audit and Research Network   (United Kingdom)

^d BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE INJURY; FACE FRACTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORBIT FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ADULT; ENGLAND; EYE INJURIES; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; WALES;

EID: 33845372395     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.038562     Document Type: Article

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