Increased morbidity and mortality after bilateral femoral shaft fractures: Myth or reality in the era of damage control?

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-225

  Kobbe, Philipp ^a   Micansky, Fabian ^a   Lichte, Philipp ^a   Sellei, Richard Martin ^a   Pfeifer, Roman ^a   Dombroski, Derek ^b   Lefering, Rolf ^c   Pape, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Parkland Health and Hospital Systems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral femoral shaft fractures; ISS; Morbidity; Mortality; Pulmonary failure

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLEEDING; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872818845     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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