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Hypovolemic shock induced by a large chest wall hematoma caused by a single rib fracture in an elderly patient()
Displaced rib fractures can injure intercostal vessels leading to chest wall hematomas. As the bleeding occurs within the vessel, compression of the vessel wall helps in preventing further bleeding. Therefore, chest wall hematomas rarely result in shock. A thin 78-year-old man transferred to the eme...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8010857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33816742 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100459 |