Prediction of pulmonary morbidity and mortality in patients with femur fracture

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1527-1536

  Lefaivre, Kelly A ^a   Starr, Adam J ^b   Stahel, Philip F ^d   Elliott, Alan C ^c   Smith, Wade R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Femur fracture; Respiratory complication; Trauma mortality

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY DELAY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 78650803111     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f8fa3b     Document Type: Article

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