RibScore: A novel radiographic score based on fracture pattern that predicts pneumonia, respiratory failure, and tracheostomy

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 95-101

  Chapman, Brandon C ^b   Herbert, Benoit ^b   Rodil, Maria ^b   Salotto, Jennifer ^b   Stovall, Robert T ^b   Biffl, Walter ^b   Johnson, Jeffrey ^b   Burlew, Clay Cothren ^a   Barnett, Carlton ^b   Fox, Charles ^b   Moore, Ernest E ^b   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^b   Pieracci, Fredric M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pneumonia; Respiratory failure; Rib fractures; Tracheostomy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIB FRACTURE; RIBSCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACHEOSTOMY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84952685312     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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