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[Early management of the intrathoracic area]
1Abteilung Chirurgie, Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhauses Koblenz, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Langenbecks Archiv Fur Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Kongress
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The procedures of preclinical management of chest injuries are presented. Emphasis is put on the different aspects of "acute thorax": sucking chest wound, pericardial tamponade, oligemic shock and open thorax. The primary acute management includes the chest tube, intubation, ventilation, pericardiocentesis and surgical management of penetrating chest trauma. The different in the literature are discussed.