Needle versus tube thoracostomy in a swine model of traumatic tension hemopneumothorax

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-27

  Holcomb, John B ^a   McManus, John G ^a   Kerr, S T ^b   Pusateri, Anthony E ^c  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Needle thoracostomyn; Tension pneumothorax; Tube thoracostomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHEST TUBES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; NEEDLES; SUS SCROFA; THORACOSTOMY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 61649121320     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802290760     Document Type: Article

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