Letters to the editor

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 964-

  Rathinam, Sridhar ^a   Bleetman, Anthony ^b   Steyn, Richard S ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANNULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEEDLE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX WALL; UNITED KINGDOM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRESSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 56149102463     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318184b508     Document Type: Letter

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