Risk factors that predict mortality in patients with blunt chest wall trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-17

  Battle, Ceri E ^a   Hutchings, Hayley ^b   Evans, Phillip A ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blunt chest wall trauma; Meta analysis; Mortality; Risk factors; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855591391     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.01.004     Document Type: Review

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