Clinical implications of the seat belt sign in blunt trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 822-827

  Sharma, Om P ^a   Oswanski, Michael F ^a   Kaminski, Brian P ^a   Issa, Nabil M ^b   Duffy, Brian ^a   Stringfellow, Kathryn ^a   Lauer, Sherry K ^a   Stombaugh, Heather A ^a  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NECK INJURY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RIB FRACTURE; SEATBELT; SPINE INJURY; SPLEEN INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70349786612     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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