Delayed pneumothorax complicating minor rib fracture after chest trauma

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 551-554

  Lu, Ming Shian ^a   Huang, Yao Kuang ^a   Liu, Yun Hen ^a   Liu, Hui Ping ^a   Kao, Chiung Lun ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FALLING; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDESTRIAN; PNEUMOHEMOTHORAX; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RIB FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 44449177062     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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