Optimizing outcomes in emergency room thoracotomy: A 20-year experience in an urban level I trauma center

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 406-410

  Gomez, Gerardo ^a   Fecher, Alison ^a   Joy, Theresa ^b   Pardo, Ivanesa ^a   Jacobson, Lewis ^c   Kemp, Heather ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WISHARD HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c St Vincent Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950435335     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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