Blunt Traumatic Lung Injuries

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-61

  Miller, Daniel L ^a   Mansour, Kamal A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BREATHING EXERCISE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACERATION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG INJURY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34248637312     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2007.03.017     Document Type: Review

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