Management of pediatric occult pneumothorax in blunt trauma: A subgroup analysis of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter prospective observational study

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 467-472

  Notrica, David M ^a   Garcia Filion, Pamela ^a   Moore, Forrest O ^b   Goslar, Pamela W ^b   Coimbra, Raul ^c   Velmahos, George ^d   Stevens, Lily R ^b   Petersen, Scott R ^b   Brown, Carlos V R ^e   Foulkrod, Kelli H ^e   Coopwood, Thomas B ^e   Lottenberg, Lawrence ^f   Phelan, Herb A ^g   Bruns, Brandon ^h   Sherck, John P ⁱ   Norwood, Scott H ^j   Barnes, Stephen L ^k   Matthews, Marc R ^l   Hoff, William S ^m   Demoya, Marc A ^d   Bansal, Vishal ^c   Hu, Charles K C ⁿ   Karmy Jones, Riyad C ^o   Vinces, Fausto ^p   Hill, Jenessa ^a   Pembaur, Karl ^p   Haan, James M ^q   more..

^a PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e University Medical Center Brackenridge   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^l MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m St Luke's Medical Center   (United States)

ⁿ Scottsdale Osborne Medical Center   (United States)

^o Southwest Washington Medical Center   (United States)

^p Lutheran Medical Center   (United States)

^q Christi Regional Medical Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

Chest tube thoracostomy; Occult pneumothorax; Pediatric trauma; Pneumothorax; Positive pressure ventilation; Rib fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OCCULT PNEUMOTHORAX; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RIB FRACTURES; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84863418803     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.09.037     Document Type: Article

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