Increasing numbers of rib fractures do not worsen outcome: An analysis of the national trauma data bank

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-150

  Whitson, Bryan A ^a,c   Mcgonigal, Michael D ^b   Anderson, Christopher P ^b   Dries, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICD-9; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR; AGED; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RIB FRACTURES; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875029728     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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