Resuscitative thoracotomy: An update

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-119

  Rabinovici, Reuven ^a   Bugaev, N ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asystole; CPR; Emergency department thoracotomy; Intra aortic balloon occlusion; Resuscitative thoracotomy; Suspended animation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902659120     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1457496913514735     Document Type: Review

References (41)

1. Miglietta MA, Robb V, Eachempati SR et al: Current opinion regarding indications for emergency department thoracotomy. J Trauma 2001;51:670-676.
2. Working Group, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Outcomes, American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma: Practice management guidelines for emergency department thoracotomy. Working Group, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Outcomes, American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma. J Am Coll Surg 2001;193:303-309.
3. Hall BL, Buchman TG: A visual, timeline-based display of evidence for emergency thoracotomy. J Trauma 2005;59:773-777.
4. Burlew CC, Moore EE, Moore FA et al: Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: Resuscitative thoracotomy. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2012;73:1359-1363.
5. Powel DW, Moore EE, Cothren CC et al: Is emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy futile care for the critically injured patient requiring prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation? J Am Coll Surg 2004;199:211-215.
6. Moore EE, Knudson MM, Burlew CC et al: Defining the limits of resuscitative emergency department thoracotomy: A contemporary Western Trauma Association perspective. J Trauma 2011;70:334-339.
7. Rabinovici R, Hojman H: The pulseless trauma patient. In: Rabinovici R, Frankel HL, Kirton O (Eds) Trauma, Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies. Informa Healthcare, Colchester, 2010, pp. 186-195.
8. Seamon MJ, Pathak AS, Bradley KM et al: Emergency department thoracotomy: Still useful after abdominal exsanguination? J Trauma 2008;64:1-7; discussion 7-8.
9. Sheppard FR, Cothren CC, Moore EE et al: Emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy for nontorso injuries. Surgery 2006;139:574-576.
10. Seamon MJ, Shiroff AM, Franco M et al: Emergency department thoracotomy for penetrating injuries of the heart and great vessels: An appraisal of 283 consecutive cases from two urban trauma centers. J Trauma 2009;67:1250-1257; discussion 1257-1258.
11. Schnuriger B, Talving P, Inaba K et al: Biochemical profile and outcomes in trauma patients subjected to open cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A prospective observational pilot study. World J Surg 2012;36:1772-1778.
12. Keller D, Kulp H, Maher Z et al: Life after near death: Longterm outcomes of emergency department thoracotomy survivors. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013;74:1315-1320.
13. Schnuriger B, Inaba K, Branco BC et al: Organ donation: An important outcome after resuscitative thoracotomy. J Am Coll Surg 2010;211:450-455.
14. Coats TJ, Keogh S, Clark H et al: Prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy for cardiac arrest after penetrating trauma: Rationale and case series. J Trauma 2001;50:670-673.
15. Athanasiou T, Krasopoulos G, Nambiar P et al: Emergency thoracotomy in the pre-hospital setting: A procedure requiring clarification. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;26:377-386.
16. Lockey D, Crewdson K, Davies G: Traumatic cardiac arrest: Who are the survivors? Ann Emerg Med 2006;48:240-244.
17. Corral E, Silva J, Suarez RM et al: A successful emergency thoracotomy performed in the field. Resuscitation 2007;75:530-533.
18. Matsumoto H, Mashiko K, Hara Y et al: Role of resuscitative emergency field thoracotomy in the Japanese helicopter emergency medical service system. Resuscitation 2009;80:1270-1274.
19. Wright KD, Murphy K: Cardiac tamponade: A case of kitchen floor thoracotomy. Emerg Med J 2002;19:587-588.
20. Robertson AT, Bulstrode CJ: Emergency department thoracotomies: Is it time we took them to the field? J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2012;73:1070-1072; editorial critique 1072-1073.
21. Edens JW, Beekley AC, Chung KK et al: Long-term outcomes after combat casualty emergency department thoracotomy. J Am Coll Surg 2009;209:188-197.
22. Morrison JJ, Poon H, Rasmussen TE et al: Resuscitative thoracotomy following wartime injury. J Trauma Acute care Surg 2013;74:825-829.
23. Morrison JJ, Mellor A, Midwinter M et al: Is pre-hospital thoracotomy necessary in the military environment? Injury 2011;42:469-473.
24. Joint Theater Trauma System Clinical Practice Guideline: Emergent resuscitative thoracotomy, http://www.usaisr.amedd.army.mil/assets/cpgs/Emergent_Resuscitative_Thoracotomy_11_Jun_12.pdf
25. Lustenberger T, Labler L, Stover JF et al: Resuscitative emergency thoracotomy in a Swiss trauma center. Br J Surg 2012;99:541-548.
26. Fialka C, Sebok C, Kemetzhofer P et al: Open-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation after cardiac arrest in cases of blunt chest or abdominal trauma: A consecutive series of 38 cases. J Trauma 2004;57:809-814.
27. Kandler K, Konge L, Rafiq S et al: Emergency thoracotomies in the largest trauma center in Denmark: 10 years' experience. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2011;38:151-156.
28. Pahle AS, Pederson BL, Skaga NO et al: Emergency thoracotomy saves lives in a Scandinavian hospital setting. J Trauma 2010;68:599-603.
29. Johannesdottir BK, Mogensen B, Gudbjartsson T: Emergency thoracotomy as a rescue treatment for trauma patients in Iceland. Injury 2013;44:1186-1190.
30. Gupta BK, Khaneja SC, Flores L et al: The role of intra-aortic balloon occlusion in penetrating abdominal trauma. J Trauma 1989;29:861-865.
31. White JM, Cannon JW, Stannard A et al: Endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta is superior to resuscitative thoracotomy with aortic clamping in a porcine model of hemorrhagic shock. Surgery 2011;150:400-409.
32. Mayer D, Pfammatter T, Rancic Z et al: 10 years of emergency endovascular aneurysm repair for ruptured abdominal aortoiliac aneurysm: Lesson learned. Ann Surg 2009;249:510-515.
33. Scott DJ, Eliason JL, Villamaria C et al: A novel fluoroscopyfree, resuscitative endovascular aortic balloon occlusion system in a model of hemorrhagic shock. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013;75:122-128.
34. Stannard A, Eliason JL, Rassmussen TE: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) as an adjunct for hemorrhagic shock. J Trauma 2011;71:1869-1872.
35. Alam HB, Duggan M, Li Y et al: Putting life on hold-for how long? Profound hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in a swine model of complex vascular injuries. J Trauma 2008;64:912-922.
36. Alam HB, Rhee P, Honma K et al: Does the rate of rewarming from profound hypothermic arrest the outcome in a swine model of lethal hemorrhage? J Trauma 2006;60:134-146.
37. Rhee P, Talon E, Eifert S et al: Induced hypothermia during emergency department thoracotomy: An animal model. J Trauma 2000;48:439-447; discussion 447-450.
38. Brown TB, Romanello M, Kilgore M: Cost-utility analysis of emergency department thoracotomy for trauma victims. J Trauma 2007;62:1180-1185.
39. Passos EM, Engels PT, Doyle JD et al: Societal costs of inappropriate emergency department thoracotomy. J Am Coll Surg 2012;214:18-25.
40. Seamon MJ, Ginwalla R, Kulp H et al: HIV and hepatitis in an urban penetrating population: Inrecognized and intreated. J Trauma 2011;71:306-311.
41. Sikka R, Millham FH, Feldman JA: Analysis of occupational exposures associated with emergency department thoracotomy. J Trauma 2004;56:867-872.