Functional and survival outcomes in traumatic blunt thoracic aortic injuries: An analysis of the National Trauma Databank

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 988-994

  Arthurs, Zachary M ^a   Starnes, Benjamin W ^b   Sohn, Vance Y ^a   Singh, Niten ^a   Martin, Matthew J ^a   Andersen, Charles A ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOCOMOTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049133671     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.052     Document Type: Article

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