Predicting outcome of patients with chest wall injury

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 910-914

  Pressley, Crystal M ^c   Fry, William R ^a   Philp, Allan S ^a   Berry, Stepheny D ^d   Smith, R Stephen ^a,b  

^a ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Rib fixation; Rib fractures; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX INJURY; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC WALL; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84870983224     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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