Cardiac trauma with gunshot injuries

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-42

  Abbas, Safdar ^a,c   Riaz, Mohammad Nasim ^a   Zameer, Mohammed ^b   Ali Khan, Asif ^b   Ahmad, Waqar ^b  

^a ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Cardiothoracic trauma; Haemorrhagic shock; Injuries, gunshot

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; DIAZEPAM; KETAMINE; PANCURONIUM; PETHIDINE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INJURY; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 1842787796     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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