Prognostic factors in flail-chest patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-471

  Athanassiadi, Kalliopi ^a   Theakos, Nick ^a   Kalantzi, Nikolitsa ^a   Gerazounis, Michalis ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blunt thoracic trauma; Flail chest; Prognostic factors; Rib fractures

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HEAD INJURY; HEART RUPTURE; HEMATOPNEUMOTHORAX; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIB FRACTURE; SPLEEN INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957275706     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.02.034     Document Type: Article

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