Quality of life after major trauma with multiple rib fractures

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-65

  Marasco, Silvana ^a   Lee, Geraldine ^a   Summerhayes, Robyn ^a   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a   Bailey, Michael ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flail chest; Quality of life; Rib fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO WORK; RIB FRACTURE; SHORT FORM 12; SHOULDER PAIN; ANALGESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRACTURE HEALING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIB FRACTURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ANALGESIA; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84919843976     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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