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Airway strategies for lung isolation in a patient with high-velocity nail gun injuries to the right cardiac ventricle and floor of the mouth: a case report

INTRODUCTION: We report a case of deliberate self-harm in which three three-inch nails were fired from a nail gun resulting in mandibular fixation and two penetrating injuries to the right cardiac ventricle. This combination of high-velocity penetrating injury has not been previously described. CASE...

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Autores principales: Lim, Herman, Weinberg, Laurence, Tan, Chong Oon, Tay, Stanley, Kolivas, Constantine, Peyton, Philip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23714118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-137