Staring Back Down the Barrel: The Evolution of the Treatment of Thoracic Gunshot Wounds from the Discovery of Gunpowder to World War II

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 372-377

  DuBose, Joseph ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a Los Angeles County University   (United States)

Author keywords

gunshot wounds; history; thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIGITALIS; GUNPOWDER; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEBRIDEMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HISTORY; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MORTALITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WAR; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; EUROPE; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WORLD WAR I; WORLD WAR II; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 52049096875     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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