Management of traumatic occult pneumothorax

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1063-1068

  Yadav, Kabir ^a   Jalili, Mohammad ^b   Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Pneumothorax; Thoracostomy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DISEASE COURSE; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPYEMA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; OCCULT PNEUMOTHORAX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX DRAINAGE; VICTIM;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955845249     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.04.030     Document Type: Short Survey

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