Changing patterns in the management of penetrating abdominal trauma; The more things change, the more they stay the same

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1095-1110

  Nicholas, Jeffrey M ^a   Rix, Emily Parker ^a   Easley, Kerr Anthony ^a   Feliciano, David V ^a   Cava, Raymond A ^a   Ingram, Walter L ^a   Parry, Neil G ^a   Rozycki, Grace S ^a   Salomone, Jeffrey P ^a   Tremblay, Lorraine N ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Abdominal trauma; Damage control surgery; Penetrating

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 9144265669     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000101067.52018.42     Document Type: Article

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