Resuscitative thoracotomy following wartime injury

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 825-829

  Morrison, Jonathan J ^a,c   Poon, Henrietta ^a   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a   Khan, Mansoor A ^b,c   Midwinter, Mark J ^c   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^e   Garner, Jeffery P ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e Joint Medical Command ^*

Author keywords

Damage control surgery; Resuscitative thoracotomy; Trauma surgery; War surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATIVE THORACOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874904443     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31827e1d26     Document Type: Article

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