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Emergency thoracotomy in the pre-hospital setting: a procedure requiring clarification☆

Author(s) -

Thanos Athanasiou,

George Krasopoulos,

Pradeep Nambiar,

Tim Coats,

Mario Petrou,

Patrick Magee,

Rakesh Uppal

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.016

Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , thoracotomy , univariate analysis , intubation , emergency department , injury severity score , multivariate analysis , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , revised trauma score , surgery , poison control , injury prevention , psychiatry

The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of Emergency Thoracotomy (ET) on mortality in a group of patients suffering from severe thoracic trauma requiring Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) transfer to hospital. This is not clearly defined especially when thoracotomy takes place in the pre-hospital setting.

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