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Studying morbidity and predicting mortality in patients with blunt chest trauma using a novel clinical score

Author(s) -

Priyadarshini Manay,

RajeevR Satoskar,

VR Karthik,

RamP Prajapati

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of emergencies trauma and shock

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313

H-Index - 29

eISSN - 0974-519X

pISSN - 0974-2700

DOI - 10.4103/jets.jets_131_16

Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , injury severity score , mortality rate , blunt , observational study , blunt trauma , mechanical ventilation , abbreviated injury scale , emergency medicine , intensive care unit , chest injury , pneumonia , respiratory distress , poison control , injury prevention , intensive care medicine , surgery , anesthesia

A departmental audit in March 2015 revealed significant mortality rate of 40% in blunt chest trauma patients (much greater than the global 25%). A study was thus planned to study morbidity and predictors of mortality in blunt chest trauma patients admitted to our hospital.

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