Computed Tomography of the Chest in Younger Pediatric Patients with Thoracic Blunt Trauma Rarely Changes Surgical Management

INTRODUCTION: Thoracic trauma is the second leading cause of death after traumatic brain injury in children presenting with blunt chest trauma, which represents 80% of thoracic trauma in children. We hypothesized that older children undergo more clinical and surgical changes in management than young...

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Autores principales: Ugalde, Irma T., Chan, Hei Kit, Mendez, Donna, Wang, Henry E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2022
Materias:
Trauma
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9183771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35679500
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2022.2.54094

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