The pattern of thoracic trauma after suicide terrorist bombing attacks

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1022-1028

  Bala, Miklosh ^a   Shussman, Noam ^a   Rivkind, Avraham I ^a   Izhar, Uzi ^a   Almogy, Gidon ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Combined blast injury; Flying fragments; Suicide bombing; Thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BODY REGIONS; BOMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; ISRAEL; LACERATION; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACK; TERRORISM; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTIM;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BOMBS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ISRAEL; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549236125     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f35c71     Document Type: Article

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