Emergency department thoracotomy for penetrating injuries of the heart and great vessels: An appraisal of 283 consecutive cases from two urban trauma centers

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1250-1257

  Seamon, Mark J ^a   Shiroff, Adam M ^b   Franco, Michael ^c   Stawicki, S Peter ^d   Molina, Ezequiel J ^c   Gaughan, John P ^c   Reilly, Patrick M ^b   Schwab, C William ^b   Pryor, John P ^b   Goldberg, Amy J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department thoracotomy; Firearm injury; Penetrating cardiac or great vessel injury; Survival predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STAB WOUND; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR; THORACOTOMY; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 73949139162     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c3fef9     Document Type: Article

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