Resuscitation
Volume 60, Issue 2 , Pages 157-162 , February 2004

Frequency of rib and sternum fractures associated with out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation is underestimated by conventional chest X-ray

  • Wolfgang Lederer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, The Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, 35, Anichstr., A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • ,
  • Dieter Mair

      Affiliations

    • Bologna University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Walter Rabl

      Affiliations

    • Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, The Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
    • ,
  • Michael Baubin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, The Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, 35, Anichstr., A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43-512-504-2400; fax: +43-512-504-2450/4728.

Received 7 August 2003 ,Revised 24 September 2003 ,Accepted 23 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2003.10.003

Resuscitation
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