Average chest wall thickness at two anatomic locations in trauma patients

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1183-1185

  Schroeder, Elizabeth ^a   Valdez, Carrie ^a   Krauthamer, Andres ^b   Khati, Nadia ^b   Rasmus, Jessica ^a   Amdur, Richard ^a   Brindle, Kathleen ^b   Sarani, Babak ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Needle thoracostomy; Tension pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX WALL;

NEEDLE THORACOSTOMY; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC WALL; THORACOSTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880916961     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.03.027     Document Type: Article

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