Vital capacity helps predict pulmonary complications after rib fractures

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 413-416

  Carver, Thomas W ^a   Milia, David J ^a   Somberg, Chloe ^b   Brasel, Karen ^a   Paul, Jasmeet ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chest trauma; rib fractures; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VITAL CAPACITY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; VITAL CAPACITY; WISCONSIN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84940872274     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000744     Document Type: Article

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