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Technical note: rapid, large-volume resuscitation at resuscitative thoracotomy by intra-cardiac catheterization

An emergency thoracotomy may be life-saving by achieving four goals: (i) releasing cardiac tamponade, (ii) controlling haemorrhage, (iii) allowing access for internal cardiac massage and (iv) clamping the descending aorta to isolate circulation to the upper torso in damage control surgery. We theori...

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Autores principales: Cawich, Shamir O, Naraynsingh, Vijay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5159178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27887010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw189