Prevalence of chest trauma, associated injuries and mortality: A level i trauma centre experience

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1425-1433

  Veysi, Veysi T ^a   Nikolaou, Vassilios S ^b   Paliobeis, Christos ^b   Efstathopoulos, Nicolas ^c   Giannoudis, Peter V ^b,d  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEART INJURY; HISTORY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB INJURY; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; STERNUM FRACTURE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349758545     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-009-0746-9     Document Type: Review

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