Clinical management of occult hemothorax: A prospective study of 81 patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 766-769

  Mahmood, Ismail ^a   Abdelrahman, Husham ^a   Al Hassani, Ammar ^a   Nabir, Syed ^a   Sebastian, Mark ^a   Maull, Kimball ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

CT scan; Hemothorax; Occult hemothorax; Tube thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

EID: 79960198815     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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