Thoracic packing for uncontrolled bleeding in penetrating thoracic injuries

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 637-641

  Caceres, Manuel ^a   Buechter, Kennan J ^b   Tillou, Areti ^b   Shih, Jennifer A ^b   Liu, Donald ^b   Steeb, Glenn ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bleeding; Packing; Penetrating; Thoracic; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; STAB WOUND; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 3242713851     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200407000-00005     Document Type: Article

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