Motor vehicle-related cardiac and aortic injuries differ from other thoracic injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1462-1467

  Conroy, Carol ^a   Hoyt, David B ^a   Eastman, A Brent ^c   Holbrook, Troy Lisa ^b   Pacyna, Sharon ^d   Erwin, Steve ^e   Vaughan, Teresa ^e   Sise, Michael ^f   Kennedy, Frank ^g   Velky, Tom ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^e Trauma Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Palomar Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Air bags; CIREN; Injuries; Mediastinal; Motor vehicle crash; Safety belts; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRBAG; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AORTA; DATABASES; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 34250363943     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000221271.76676.2e     Document Type: Article

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