Pre-hospital and in-hospital thoracostomy: Indications and complications

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-57

  Aylwin, Christopher J ^a,b   Brohi, Karim ^a   Davies, Gareth D ^a   Walsh, Michael S ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest injury; Thoracostomy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL ERROR; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CHEST TUBES; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 38949186742     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X242286     Document Type: Article

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