Management of post-traumatic retained hemothorax: A prospective, observational, multicenter AAST study

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-24

  DuBose, Joseph ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^b   Demetriades, Demetrios ^b   Scalea, Thomas M ^a   O'Connor, James ^a   Menaker, Jay ^a   Morales, Carlos ^c   Konstantinidis, Agathoklis ^b   Shiflett, Anthony ^d   Copwood, Ben ^e  

^a R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County + University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e University Medical Center Brackenridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Hemothorax; Thoracostomy; Thoracotomy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PLEURA CAVITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETAINED HEMOTHORAX; RIB FRACTURE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; CHEST TUBES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859647719     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318242e368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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