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Thoracic compartment syndrome after penetrating heart and lung injury

Thoracic injuries are the most lethal penetrating injuries. After attempting suicide, two patients with a penetrating thoracic wound were admitted to our emergency department. During CT scan they became hemodynamically unstable, which is why we had to perform an emergency thoracotomy. In both cases,...

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Autores principales: Rupprecht, Holger, Dormann, Harald, Gaab, Katharina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6545437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275797
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/iprs000133