Emergency Department Thoracotomy: Too little, too much, or too late

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 982-986

  Capote, Allan ^a   Michael, Andrew ^a   Almodovar, Jorge ^a   Chan, Patricia ^a   Skinner, Ruby ^a   Martin, Maureen ^a  

^a KERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; BACTEREMIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; JOB EXPERIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885587569     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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