Cardiac contusion following blunt chest trauma

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 373-376

  Holanda, María S ^a,b   Domínguez, María J ^a   López Espadas, Francisco ^a   López, Marta ^a   Díaz Regañón, Jenaro ^a   Rodríguez Borregán, Juan C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blunt chest trauma; Cardiac contusion; Cardiogenic shock; Contrapulsation balloon

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART ARREST; HEART CONTUSION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCINTISCANNING; SEDATION; SKULL FRACTURE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CAUSALITY; CONTUSIONS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COUNTERPULSATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 33750801269     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32801112f6     Document Type: Article

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