Pain as an indication for rib fixation: A bi-institutional pilot study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1750-1754

  De Moya, Marc ^a   Bramos, Thanos ^a   Agarwal, Suresh ^b   Fikry, Karim ^a   Janjua, Sumbal ^a   King, David R ^a   Alam, Hasan B ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a   Burke, Peter ^c   Tobler, William ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Trauma   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Flail chest; Rib fixation; Rib fractures

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CONTUSION; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84255166684     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823c85e9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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