Isolated rib fractures in geriatric patients

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 166-168

  Elmistekawy, Elsayed ^a   Hammad, Abd Almohsen ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Blunt chest trauma; Elderly; Rib fractures

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RIB FRACTURE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 36048968310     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.36552     Document Type: Article

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