Adult respiratory distress syndrome induced by blunt trauma--a dying threat throughout the world?

Injury. 2014 Apr;45(4):643-4. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.12.008. Epub 2013 Dec 18.

Authors

E Michalewicz¹, H-C Pape²

Affiliations

¹ Harald Tscherne Lab for Orthopaedic Trauma, Aachen, Germany.
² Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma, Aachen University Medical Center, Germany. Electronic address: papehc@aol.com.

PMID: 24398078
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.12.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Lung Injury / complications*
Lung Injury / diagnostic imaging
Lung Injury / mortality
Male
Multidetector Computed Tomography*
Prevalence
Prognosis
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology*
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / mortality
Risk Factors
Trauma Severity Indices
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / mortality