Blunt pulmonary contusion: Admission computed tomography scan predicts mechanical ventilation

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1543-1547

  De Moya, Marc A ^a   Manolakaki, Dimitra ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Amygdalos, Iakovos ^a   Gao, Fangfei ^a   Alam, Hasan B ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contusion; Lung injury; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT PULMONARY CONTUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84355163033     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31822c4a8b     Document Type: Article

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