The Management of Flail Chest

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-33

  Pettiford, Brian L ^a   Luketich, James D ^a   Landreneau, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; INDOMETACIN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE SULFATE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING EXERCISE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FACE MASK; FLAIL CHEST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG FUNCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OXYGEN MASK; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FLAIL CHEST; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34249098449     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2007.02.005     Document Type: Review

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