Large animal-related abdominal injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 877-880

  Ok, Engin ^a   Küçük, Can ^a   Deneme, M Ali ^a   Yilmaz, Zeki ^a   Sözüer, Erdoǧan M ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal injury; Agricultural trauma; Large animal related

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JEJUNUM; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; APACHE; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; HORSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 7244229996     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000100370.59653.41     Document Type: Article

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