Delayed pneumothorax after stab wound to thorax and upper abdomen: Truth or myth?

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-43

  Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^a   Morley, Eric J ^a   Sajed, Dana ^a   Greenberg, Oded ^a   Sinert, Richard ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Pneumothorax; Stab Wounds

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, STAB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249135197     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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