Emergency chest tube placement in trauma care-Which approach is preferable?

Resuscitation

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-233

  Huber Wagner, Stefan ^a   Körner, Markus ^a   Ehrt, Achim ^a   Kay, Mike V ^a   Pfeifer, Klaus Jürgen ^a   Mutschler, Wolf ^a   Kanz, Karl Georg ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest tube; CT; Pneumothorax; Polytrauma; Tension pneumothorax; Thoracocentesis; Thoracostomy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TUBE;

CHEST TUBES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 33846103852     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.06.038     Document Type: Article

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