The ribs or not the ribs: Which influences mortality?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 598-604

  Jones, Keith M ^a   Reed II, R Lawrence ^b   Luchette, Fred A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrathoracic injury; Injury; Intrathoracic injury; Mortality; Outcome; Rib fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIB FRACTURES; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054968145     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.029     Document Type: Article

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