Emergency department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>In the past three decades there has been a significant clinical shift in the performance of emergency department thoracotomy (EDT), from a nearly obligatory procedure before declaring any trauma patient to select patients undergoing EDT. The value of EDT in resus...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-03-01
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| Series: | World Journal of Emergency Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.wjes.org/content/1/1/4 |