Crush injuries of the chest.
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Crush injuries of the chest.
The effectiveness of the current management of crush injury of the chest is usually measured in terms of immediate survival (Avery, M6rch, and Benson, 1956; Griffiths, 1960; Reid and Baird, 1965; Lloyd, Crampton Smith, and O'Connor, 1965; Bargh, Griffiths, and Slawson, 1967), but there are no long-term reviews of patients with this injury treated by intermittent positive pressure ventilation (I...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5545.131