Comparison of two pediatric flail chest cases

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yasuda, Ryu ^a   Okada, Hideshi ^a   Shirai, Kunihiro ^a   Yoshida, Shozo ^a   Nagaya, Soichiro ^a   Ikeshoji, Haruka ^a   Suzuki, Kodai ^a   Kitagawa, Yuichiro ^a   Tanaka, Taku ^a   Nakano, Shiho ^a   Nachi, Sho ^a   Kato, Hisaaki ^a   Yoshida, Takahiro ^a   Kumada, Keisuke ^a   Ushikoshi, Hiroaki ^a   Toyoda, Izumi ^a   Ogura, Shinji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flail chest; Pediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR AMBULANCES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84942319419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-015-0156-5     Document Type: Article

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