Predictors for Survival of Penetrating Trauma Using Emergency Department Thoracotomy in an Urban Trauma Center: The Cardiac Instability Score

Background Emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) is a procedure used in an attempt to save lives of patients in extremis. This study aims to determine predictors of survival and futility by proposing a scoring scale that measures cardiac instability and its use in predicting survival of victims of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the National Medical Association 2010-02, Vol.102 (2), p.126-131
Hauptverfasser:	Siram, Suryanarayana, MD, Oyetunji, Tolulope, MD,MPH, Johnson, Shaneeta M., MD, Khoury, Amal L., MD, White, Patricia M., RN, Chang, David C, Greene, Wendy R., MD, Frederick, Wayne A.I., MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences emergency care Emergency Service, Hospital General aspects Glasgow Coma Scale Health Status Indicators Humans Internal Medicine Medical sciences predictor Prognosis Retrospective Studies surgery survival Thoracotomy - mortality Urban Population - statistics & numerical data Wounds, Penetrating - mortality
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