Double jeopardy revisited: Clinical decision making in unstable patients with, thoraco-abdominal stab wounds and, potential injuries in multiple body cavities

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 478-481

  Clarke, Damian L ^a   Gall, Tamara M H ^a   Thomson, Sandie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Thoraco abdominal stab wounds; Unstable

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; HEART INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACOABDOMINAL STAB WOUND; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, STAB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953654993     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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