Blunt chest trauma in childhood

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 682-685

  Inan, Mustafa ^a   Ayvaz, Suleyman ^a   Sut, Necdet ^a   Aksu, Burhan ^a   Basaran, Umit N ^a   Ceylan, Turan ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blunt thoracic trauma; Motor vehicle accident; Paediatric trauma score; Pulmonary contusion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTORCYCLE; PEDESTRIAN; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34447344886     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04186.x     Document Type: Article

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