Complications associated with pre-hospital open thoracostomies: a rapid review
Abstract Background Open thoracostomies have become the standard of care in pre-hospital critical care in patients with chest injuries receiving positive pressure ventilation. The procedure has embedded itself as a rapid method to decompress air or fluid in the chest cavity since its original descri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-021-00976-1 |