Patients with Rib fractures do not develop delayed pneumonia: A prospective, multicenter cohort study of minor thoracic injury

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 726-731

  Chauny, Jean Marc ^a   Émond, Marcel ^b   Plourde, Miville ^b   Guimont, Chantal ^c   Le Sage, Natalie ^b   Vanier, Laurent ^d   Bergeron, Eric ^d   Dufresne, Marilyne ^b   Allain Boulé, Nadine ^b   Fratu, Ramona ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DELAYED PNEUMONIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SMOKING HABIT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870245608     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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