Rib fracture patterns predict thoracic chest wall and abdominal solid organ injury

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 888-891

  Al Hassani, Ammar ^a   Abdulrahman, Husham ^a   Afifi, Ibrahim ^a   Almadani, Ammar ^a   Al Den, Ahmed ^a   Al Kuwari, Abdulaziz ^a   Recicar, John ^a   Nabir, Syed ^a   Maull, Kimball I ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGAN INJURY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; QATAR; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCAPULAR FRACTURE; SHOULDER FRACTURE; SPLEEN INJURY; STERNUM FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX WALL; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTUSION; INJURY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG INJURY; PATHOLOGY; SCAPULA; SPLEEN; STERNUM;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG INJURY; MALE; RIB FRACTURES; SCAPULA; SPLEEN; STERNUM; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77956202950     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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