Early discharge after nonoperative management for splenic injuries: increased patient risk caused by late failure?

Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-342

  Crawford, Robert S ^a   Tabbara, Malek ^a   Sheridan, Robert ^a   Spaniolas, Konstantinos ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34548147509     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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