Performance of pre-hospital evaluations in ruling out invasive chest stab wounds

Performance of pre-hospital evaluations in ruling out invasive chest stab wounds

Abstract Background Some guidelines advocate for managing patients with penetrating thoracic wounds in trauma centres with cardiothoracic surgery. This systematic approach is questionable. Only 15% of these patients require surgery. It is known that clinical examination fails to detect hemopneumotho...

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Main Authors: Pascal Augustin, Elise Guivarch, Quentin Pellenc, Yves Castier, Sandrine Boudinet, Sebastien Tanaka, Philippe Montravers, Alexy Tran-Dinh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Chest penetrating trauma
Stab
Overtriage
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-020-00725-w

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