Penetrating chest injury in the setting of a hemothorax: Should pericardial windows replace echocardiograms?

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bokhari, Faran ^a  

^a Department of Ambulatory and Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TUBE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIOTOMY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUBE REMOVAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INJURIES; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; LUNG INJURY; MALE; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84876552034     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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