Contemporary analysis of thoracic aortic injury: Importance of screening based on crash characteristics

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-24

  Michetti, Christopher P ^a,b   Hanna, Refaat ^a   Crandall, Jeff R ^a   Fakhry, Samir M ^a  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash characteristics; Motor vehicle crash; National automotive sampling system; Screening; Thoracic aortic injury; Trauma center mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEATBELT; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AIR BAGS; AORTA, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SEAT BELTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34447339693     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31806842bc     Document Type: Article

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