Assessment of severity of chest trauma: Is there an ideal scoring system?

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 981-983

  Ahmad, M A ^a   Sante, E Delli ^a   Giannoudis, P V ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG CONTUSION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 77956652393     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.08.004     Document Type: Editorial

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