Flail chest injury: Are we making any progress?

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-402

  Cannon, Robert M ^a   Smith, Jason W ^a   Franklin, Glen A ^a   Harbrecht, Brian G ^a   Miller, Frank B ^a   Richardson, J D ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862851146     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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