Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 34-42 , January 2007

Resuscitative emergency thoracotomy in a Scandinavian trauma hospital—Is it justified?

  • K. Søreide

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
    • Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
    • Acute Care Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, POB 8100, N-4068 Stavanger, Norway.
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  • H. Søiland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
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  • H.M. Lossius

      Affiliations

    • Division of Acute Care Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    • Acute Care Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
    • Norwegian Air Ambulance, Drøbak, Norway
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  • M. Vetrhus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
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  • J.A. Søreide

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
    • Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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  • E. Søreide

      Affiliations

    • Division of Acute Care Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    • Acute Care Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
    • Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

,Accepted 12 June 2006.

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    Distribution of ISS and NISS between male and female. Distribution of ISS (A) and NISS (B) did not differ significantly between male and female.

    Distribution of ISS and NISS between male and female. Distribution of ISS (A) and NISS (B) did not differ significantly between male and female.

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    Distribution of Ps and RTS. Males had significantly lower Ps (A) and RTS (B) compared to females. Males were more likely to have no, or greatly deranged, vital signs on admission

    Distribution of Ps and RTS. Males had significantly lower Ps (A) and RTS (B) compared to females. Males were more likely to have no, or greatly deranged, vital signs on admission

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    Gunshotwound penetrating the heart. Post-mortem examination of the heart, viewed from front. The bullet transversed (white arrows) the left ventricle (LV) close to the septum, near the left descending

    Gunshotwound penetrating the heart. Post-mortem examination of the heart, viewed from front. The bullet transversed (white arrows) the left ventricle (LV) close to the septum, near the left descending coronary artery (LAD). The bullet further penetrated the lower left pulmonary lobe, the diaphragm, the mid-stomach, and transversed the lower splenic pole (pictures not shown). RA: right atrium; RV: right ventricle; A: aorta.

PII: S0020-1383(06)00526-2

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.06.125

Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 34-42 , January 2007

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