Predictors of mortality in patients with rib fractures
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clinical utility of chest computed tomography in patients with rib fractures ct chest and rib fractures
methods retrospective cohort study of blunt trauma patients with rib fractures at a level i trauma center that had both a cxr and a ct chest. the ct finding of ≥ 3 additional fractures in patients with ≤ 3 rib fractures on cxr was considered clinically meaningful. student’s t-test and chi-square analysis were used for comparison. results we identified 499 patients with rib fractures: 93 (18.6%)...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1863-9933,1863-9941
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-019-01183-5