Emergency department thoracotomy: Survival of the least expected

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 604-612

  Seamon, Mark J ^a   Fisher, Carol A ^a   Gaughan, John P ^a   Kulp, Heather ^a   Dempsey, Daniel T ^a   Goldberg, Amy J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INJURY; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; STAB WOUND; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 41049092266     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9392-9     Document Type: Article

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