Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes for atrial arrhythmias in trauma patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 634-639

  Hadjizacharia, Pantelis ^a   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Brown, Carlos V R ^b   Inaba, Kenji ^c   Salim, Ali ^d   Chan, Linda S ^c   Demetriades, Demetrios ^c   Rhee, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORACOTOMY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958110331     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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