The peril of thoracoabdominal firearm trauma: 984 civilian injuries reviewed

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 684-691

  Berg, Regan T ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Okoye, Obi ^a   Karamanos, Efstathios ^a   Strumwasser, Aaron ^a   Chouliaras, Konstantinos ^a   Teixeira, Pedro G ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gunshot wounds; Injury patterns; Surgical sequencing; Thoracoabdominal injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART ARREST; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84925843272     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000436     Document Type: Article

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