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Physician-Led Thoracic Trauma Management in a Specialist Emergency Care Centre

Introduction: Falls cause 75% of trauma in patients above 65 years of age, and thoracic trauma is the second commonest injury; rib fractures are the most common thoracic injury. These patients have up to 12% mortality, with 31% developing pneumonias. There is wide variation in care. Northumbria Heal...

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Autores principales: Bates-Powell, Jonathan, Basterfield, David, Jackson, Karl, Aujayeb, Avinash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8709173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34945102
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10245806