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The incidence and predictors of pneumothorax among trauma patients in Saudi Arabia

Findings from a level-I trauma center

Suliman Alghnam, Mahdya H. Aldahnim, Mohammed H. Aldebasi, Jawaher A. Towhari, Abdulkareem S. Alghamdi, Alanood A. Alharbi, Yahya A. Almarhabi and Ibrahim T. Albabtain
Saudi Medical Journal March 2020, 41 (3) 247-252; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.3.24917
Suliman Alghnam
From the Department of Population Health (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Respiratory Therapy Department (Aldahnim), Specialized Medical Center Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Adebasi), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the College of Medicine (Towhari, Alghamdi, Alharbi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Almarhabi), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Surgery (Albabtain), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mahdya H. Aldahnim
From the Department of Population Health (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Respiratory Therapy Department (Aldahnim), Specialized Medical Center Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Adebasi), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the College of Medicine (Towhari, Alghamdi, Alharbi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Almarhabi), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Surgery (Albabtain), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed H. Aldebasi
From the Department of Population Health (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Respiratory Therapy Department (Aldahnim), Specialized Medical Center Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Adebasi), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the College of Medicine (Towhari, Alghamdi, Alharbi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Almarhabi), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Surgery (Albabtain), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Jawaher A. Towhari
From the Department of Population Health (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Respiratory Therapy Department (Aldahnim), Specialized Medical Center Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Adebasi), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the College of Medicine (Towhari, Alghamdi, Alharbi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Almarhabi), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Surgery (Albabtain), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulkareem S. Alghamdi
From the Department of Population Health (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Respiratory Therapy Department (Aldahnim), Specialized Medical Center Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Adebasi), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the College of Medicine (Towhari, Alghamdi, Alharbi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Almarhabi), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Surgery (Albabtain), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Alanood A. Alharbi
From the Department of Population Health (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Respiratory Therapy Department (Aldahnim), Specialized Medical Center Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Adebasi), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the College of Medicine (Towhari, Alghamdi, Alharbi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Almarhabi), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Surgery (Albabtain), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yahya A. Almarhabi
From the Department of Population Health (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Respiratory Therapy Department (Aldahnim), Specialized Medical Center Hospital; from the College of Medicine (Adebasi), Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University; from the College of Medicine (Towhari, Alghamdi, Alharbi), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Almarhabi), King Abdulaziz University; and from the Department of Surgery (Albabtain), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ibrahim T. Albabtain
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