Survival following resuscitative thoracotomy for combined left ventricle and left atrium ruptures secondary to blunt trauma

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• 作者：Mark Fitzgerald ; Abhishek Basu ; Fatima Rahman ; T. John Russell ; Jane Hines ; Julian Gooi ; Silvana Marasco ; Lamia Bezer ; Peter Effeney ; Kerryn Bunbury
• 关键词：Trauma systems ; Cardiac trauma ; Cardiac tamponade ; Resuscitative thoracotomy ; FAST
• 刊名：Injury
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：September 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：39
• 期：9
• 页码：1089-1092
• 全文大小：330 K

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Summary

Improvements in pre-hospital care and the development of integrated Trauma Systems have streamlined access for the severely injured to sophisticated, specialist Trauma Centre reception and resuscitation. We describe the initial care of a survivor of combined ruptures of the left ventricle and left atrium secondary to blunt injury. This case emphasises the contribution of such a Trauma System in achieving a favourable outcome for a severely injured trauma patient with injuries previously considered non-survivable.