Emergency thoracotomy in the pre-hospital setting: A procedure requiring clarification

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 377-385

  Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Krasopoulos, George ^a   Nambiar, Pradeep ^a   Coats, Tim ^a   Petrou, Mario ^a   Magee, Patrick ^a   Uppal, Rakesh ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest injury; Emergency thoracotomy; Thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 3543130647     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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