Survival of pediatric blunt trauma patients presenting with no signs of life in the field

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 422-426

  Duron, Vincent ^a   Burke, Rita V ^a   Bliss, David ^a   Ford, Henri R ^a   Upperman, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency; pediatric; survival; thoracotomy; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNS OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGNS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84907330786     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000394     Document Type: Article

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