Ultrasound-diagnosed cardiac tamponade after blunt abdominal trauma-treated with emergent thoracotomy

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-103

  Menaker, Jay ^a   Cushman, Jeremy ^a   Vermillion, Jon Mark ^a   Rosenthal, Robert E ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blunt trauma; cardiac tamponade; emergency department; thoracotomy; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; HEART ARREST; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; THORACOTOMY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33846262546     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.05.036     Document Type: Article

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