Severity of injury and outcomes among obese trauma patients with fractures of the femur and tibia: A crash injury research and engineering network study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 634-639

  Maheshwari, Rajshri ^a   Mack, Christopher D ^b   Kaufman, Robert P ^b   Francis, David O ^c   Bulger, Eileen M ^d   Nork, Sean E ^d   Henley, M Bradford ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Injury severity; Lower extremity; Obesity; Outcome; Tibia; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349747398     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a7f06c     Document Type: Article

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