Prognostic Analysis of Patients with Blunt Chest Trauma Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit

Prognostic Analysis of Patients with Blunt Chest Trauma Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit

Predictors of mortality in blunt chest trauma patients have mostly been studied by univariate analysis. This study used multivariate analysis to identify the independent predictors in these patients admitted to a surgical intensive care unit (SICU). Methods: One hundred and twenty-seven blunt thorac...

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Main Authors: Shu-Hui Wang, Ta-Sen Wei, Chi-Pei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
intensive care unit
mortality
risk factor
shock
thoracic injury
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092966460960293X

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