Comparison of the effectiveness of pericardiocentesis and surgical pericardiotomy in the prognosis of patients with blunt traumatic cardiac tamponade: a multicenter study using the Japan Trauma Data Bank

Aim To compare the prognostic impact of pericardiocentesis (PCC) and surgical pericardiotomy (SP) in blunt traumatic pericardial tamponade. Methods Among 361,706 trauma patients registered in the Japan Trauma Data Bank from January 2004 to December 2018, we included those with blunt traumatic cardia...

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Main Authors: Kenichiro Omoto, Chie Tanaka, Reo Fukuda, Takashi Tagami, Kyoko Unemoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Acute Medicine & Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ams2.768