The persistent diagnostic challenge of thoracoabdominal stab wounds

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 418-423

  Berg, Regan J ^a   Karamanos, Efstathios ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Okoye, Obi ^a   Teixeira, Pedro G ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; injury patterns; penetrating trauma; stab wounds; Thoracoabdominal injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, STAB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894142364     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000120     Document Type: Article

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