The diagnosis and management of non-penetrating cardiothoracic trauma
1Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Guy's Hospital, London.
Abstract:
The management of trauma to any organ system follows a clearly defined pattern of five steps. For convenience these are known as the 5 Rs and are resuscitation, review, repair, recovery and finally rehabilitation. It is unusual for a single system to be injured in isolation and therefore in the management of trauma it is important to consider the patient as a whole and to direct attention to the vital systems first before moving on to consider non-life threatening injuries. The management of cardiothoracic trauma is no exception to this dictum.
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