Thoracic injuries in trauma patients: epidemiology and its influence on mortality [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022 Background Thoracic injuries are common among trauma patients. Studies on trauma patients with thoracic injuries have reported considerable differences in morbidity and mortality, and there is limited research on comparison between trauma patients with ...
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Predictors of survival after emergency department thoracotomy in trauma patients with predominant thoracic injuries in Southern Israel: a retrospective survey [PDF]
Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2019 Yael Refaely,1* Leonid Koyfman,2* Michael Friger,3 Leonid Ruderman,1 Mahmud Abu Saleh,1 Moti Klein,2 Evgeni Brotfain21Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; 2Department of ...
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Thoracic Injury Rule out Criteria in Prediction of Traumatic Intra-thoracic Injuries; a Validation Study [PDF]
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2017 Introduction:Â Doing Chest X Ray (CXR) for all trauma patients is not efficient and cost effective due to its low diagnostic value. The present study was designed aiming to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of thoracic injury rule out criteria (TIRC) in ...
Setareh Asgarzadeh +3 more
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The processes of hospital discharge and recovery after blunt thoracic injuries: The patient's perspective. [PDF]
Nurs Open, 2022 Baker E +4 more
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North American Spine Society Journal, 2021 Background: the demographics, mechanisms of injury, and concurrent injuries associated with cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal fracture and/or spinal cord injury remain poorly characterized.
Nidharshan S. Anandasivam +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 BackgroundThoracic trauma is a major cause of death in trauma patients and road traffic accident (RTA)-related thoracic injuries have different characteristics than those with non-RTA related thoracic traumas, but this have been poorly described.
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Forensic expertise of thoracic aorta, heart and pericardial injuries in car-occupant fatalities [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2009 Introduction. Forensic expertise has not specified with certainty any specific injury among fatally injured frontal car-occupants in frontal car collisions. Objective. To establish if blunt injuries of thoracic aorta, heart, and pericardium could be used
Nikolić Slobodan
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Coluna/Columna, 2023 Objective: Establish the frequency of incidences, management, and description of the relationship between thoracic and abdominal trauma and spinal injury.
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Single-Center Clinical Analysis of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injuries: A Retrospective Observational Study [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2021 Purpose This study investigated the clinical outcomes of trauma patients with blunt thoracic aortic injuries at a single institution. Methods During the study period, 9,501 patients with traumatic aortic injuries presented to Trauma Center of Gil Medical
Dae Sung Ma, Yang Bin Jeon
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Thoracic Aortic Injuries Following Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Placement: A Retrospective Case Series
Critical Care Explorations, 2023 OBJECTIVES:. Thoracic aortic injuries from intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) are rare, and no publications exist in the context of patients awaiting heart transplantation.
Zachary Kiernan, MD +6 more
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