Risk Factors for 24-Hour Mortality After Traumatic Rib Fractures Owing to Motor Vehicle Accidents: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1124-1130

  Lien, Yung Chang ^a   Chen, Chao Hung ^b,c   Lin, Herng Ching ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Nursing   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD INJURY; HEART INJURY; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PELVIS FRACTURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPLEEN INJURY; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249108160     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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