The clinical significance of occult thoracic injury in blunt trauma patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1063-1066

  Kaiser, Meghann ^a   Whealon, Matthew ^a   Barrios, Cristobal ^a   Dobson, Sarah ^a   Malinoski, Darren ^a   Dolich, Matthew ^a   Lekawa, Michael ^a   Hoyt, David ^a   Cinat, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOTHORACES; HUMAN; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCULT BLUNT THORACIC INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCREENING; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651372126     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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