Factors associated with survival following blunt chest trauma in older patients: Results from a large regional trauma cooperative

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 432-437

  Harrington, David T ^a   Phillips, Benjamin ^a   Machan, Jason ^a   Zacharias, Nikos ^b   Velmahos, George C ^b   Rosenblatt, Michael S ^c   Winston, Eleanor ^d   Patterson, Lisa ^d   Desjardins, Steven ^f   Winchell, Robert ^f   Brotman, Sheldon ^e   Churyla, Andrei ^e   Schulz, John T ^g   Maung, Adrian A ^h   Davis, Kimberly A ^h  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Maine Medical Center   (United States)

^g BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SURVIVAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77952368086     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.71     Document Type: Article

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