Clinical practice guideline: Penetrating zone II neck trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1392-1405

  Tisherman, Samuel A ^a,d   Bokhari, Faran ^b   Collier, Bryan ^c   Cumming, John ^f   Ebert, James ^d   Holevar, Michele ^e   Kurek, Stanley ^g   Leon, Stuart ^h   Rhee, Peter ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f STAMFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Esophagus; Neck; Trachea; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; EXPERIENCE; FALSE ANEURYSM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; TRACHEA; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 43449091612     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181692116     Document Type: Short Survey

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