Clinical predictors of occult pneumothoraces in severely injured blunt polytrauma patients: A prospective observational study

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-47

  Ball, Chad G ^a   Ranson, Kent ^b   Dente, Christopher J ^a   Feliciano, David V ^a   Laupland, Kevin B ^b   Dyer, Diane ^b   Inaba, Kenji ^c   Trottier, Vincent ^d   Datta, Indraneel ^b   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^b  

^a GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Los Angeles County General Hospital   (United States)

^d Quebec University Hospital Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Occult pneumothorax; Pneumothorax; Subcutaneous emphysema

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE IOTALAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUNG; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 58249137004     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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