Intraabdominal vascular injury: Are we getting any better?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1393-1397

  Paul, Jasmeet S ^a   Webb, Travis P ^a   Aprahamian, Charles ^b   Weigelt, John A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal injury; Mortality; Trauma; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOGRAFT; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAABDOMINAL VASCULAR INJURY; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGISTER; SHOCK; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; WISCONSIN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 78650804002     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e49045     Document Type: Article

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