Resuscitative emergency thoracotomy in a Scandinavian trauma hospital-Is it justified?

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-42

  Soreide K ^a,b   Soiland H ^a   Lossius, H M ^a,b,c   Vetrhus, M ^a   Soreide J A ^a,d   Soreide E ^a,b,d  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blunt; Emergency thoracotomy; Gunshot wound; Indication; Patient volume; Penetrating; Resuscitation; Stab wound; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33845713296     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.06.125     Document Type: Article

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