Angiographic embolization for major trauma in a low-middle income healthcare setting - A retrospective review

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-40

  Shah, Adil Aijaz ^a   Rehman, Abdul ^b   Haider, Adil Hussain ^a   Sayani, Raza ^d   Sayyed, Raza Hasnain ^b   Ali, Kamran ^b   Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^c   Rehman, Zia ur ^b   Zafar, Hasnain ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Embolization; Hemorrhage; Interventional radiology; Low middle income country; Pakistan; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS; PELVIS INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PAKISTAN; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84930456135     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.03.023     Document Type: Article

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