Pediatric obesity and traumatic lower-extremity long-bone fracture outcomes

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 966-971

  Backstrom, Ian C ^a   MacLennan, Paul A ^a   Sawyer, Jeffrey R ^b   Creek, Aaron T ^b   Rue, Loring W ^a   Gilbert, Shawn R ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

inpatient outcomes; lower extremity fractures; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ALABAMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84867093010     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825a78fa     Document Type: Article

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