Predicting outcomes after blunt chest wall trauma: development and external validation of a new prognostic model

Battle, Ceri; Hutchings, Hayley; Lovett, S; Bouamra, Omar; Jones, Sally; Sen, Aruni; Gagg, James; Robinson, David; Hartford-Beynon, Jake; Williams, Jeremy; Evans, Adrian

doi:10.1186/cc13873

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Predicting outcomes after blunt chest wall trauma: development and external validation of a new prognostic model

Published in Critical Care • May 14, 2014

Authors:

Ceri Battle

Hayley Hutchings

S Lovett

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Blunt chest wall trauma accounts for over 15% of all trauma admissions to Emergency Departments worldwide. Reported mortality rates vary between 4 and 60%. Management of this patient group is challenging as a result of the delayed on-set of complications. The aim of this study was to d...

Subject

Medicine

Blunt

Intensive care medicine

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