Trauma associated with cardiac dysrhythmias: Results from a large matched case-control study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1186-1191

  Ismailov, Rovshan M ^a,d   Ness, Roberta B ^b   Redmond, Carol K ^b   Talbott, Evelyn O ^b   Weiss, Hank B ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Graduate School of Public Health

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac dysrhythmias; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34248375227     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000215414.35222.bb     Document Type: Article

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