Failed Emergency Department disposition to the ward of patients with thoracic injury

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 586-591

  Blecher, Gabriel E ^a   Biswadev, Mitra ^a   Peter A , Cameron ^a   Mark, Fitzgerald ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Disposition; Emergency department; ICU; Intercostal catheter (ICC); Predictive factor; Thoracic injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 41149150095     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.10.021     Document Type: Article

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