Are the rib fracture score and different computed tomography measures of obesity predictors for mortality in patients with rib fractures? A retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: There is missing knowledge about the association of obesity and mortality in patients with rib fractures. Since the global measure of obesity (body mass index [BMI]) is often unknown in trauma patients, it would be convenient to use local computed tomography (CT)-based measures (e.g., um...

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Autores principales: Jentzsch, Thorsten, Neuhaus, Valentin, Seifert, Burkhardt, Moos, Rudolf M., Simmen, Hans-Peter, Schmitz, Christoph E. W., Werner, Clément M. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8825425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32892237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01483-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8825425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32892237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01483-1

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