Pulmonary Contusion: An Update on Recent Advances in Clinical Management

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1959-1970

  Cohn, Stephen M ^a   DuBose, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Blunt Chest Trauma; Hypertonic Saline; Injury Severity Score; Lung Injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLAST INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLAST INJURIES; CONTUSIONS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUNG INJURY; RESUSCITATION; ROC CURVE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 78049443377     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0599-9     Document Type: Review

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