Recent trends in 30-day mortality in patients with blunt splenic injury: A nationwide trauma database study in Japan.

Recent trends in 30-day mortality in patients with blunt splenic injury: A nationwide trauma database study in Japan.

BACKGROUND:Splenic injury frequently occurs after blunt abdominal trauma; however, limited epidemiological data regarding mortality are available. We aimed to investigate mortality rate trends after blunt splenic injury in Japan. METHODS:We retrospectively identified 1,721 adults with blunt splenic...

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Main Authors: Chie Tanaka, Takashi Tagami, Hisashi Matsumoto, Kiyoshi Matsuda, Shiei Kim, Yuta Moroe, Reo Fukuda, Kyoko Unemoto, Hiroyuki Yokota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5599007?pdf=render

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