Flail chest injuries: A review of outcomes and treatment practices from the national trauma data bank

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 462-468

  Dehghan, Niloofar ^a   De Mestral, Charles ^a   McKee, Michael D ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^a   Nathens, Avery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

chest wall fixation; Flail chest; rib fracture; thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894182892     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000086     Document Type: Article

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