Emergency room thoracotomy for acute traumatic cardiac tamponade caused by a blunt cardiac injury: A case report
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.03.009
Abstract: Highlights • The physical findings of cardiac tamponade are not always apparent despite acute cardiac tamponade after blunt trauma.• A focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) is a reliable tool for diagnosing and following… read more here.
Keywords: traumatic cardiac; acute traumatic; case; tamponade ... See more keywords
Impact of Specific Emergency Measures on Survival in Out-of-Hospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
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DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x21001308
Abstract: Abstract Introduction: The management of out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) for professional rescuers entails Advanced Life Support (ALS) with specific actions to treat the potential reversible causes of the arrest: hypovolemia, hypoxemia, tension pneumothorax (TPx),… read more here.
Keywords: cardiac arrest; emergency; traumatic cardiac; arrest ... See more keywords
Traumatic cardiac arrest
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DOI: 10.1097/mcc.0000000000001043
Abstract: Purpose of review This review considers the latest evidence relating to the epidemiology and outcomes, treatment guidelines, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in traumatic cardiac arrest. Recent findings There is variation in the incidence and outcomes… read more here.
Keywords: traumatic cardiac; arrest; evidence; reversible causes ... See more keywords
Authors’ response to letter entitled ‘During a paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest, is ventricular fibrillation a reversible cause like any other?’
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DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2018-208370
Abstract: We would like to thank Dr Lemoine and colleagues for their interest in our paper.1 The authors question the wisdom of deprioritising defibrillation in the presence of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA).… read more here.
Keywords: paediatric traumatic; traumatic cardiac; ventricular fibrillation; cardiac arrest ... See more keywords
[Prevention strategies for traumatic cardiac arrest].
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DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121430-20200122-00093
Abstract: The fatality rate of traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) is extremely high, and it is very different from that of non-traumatic cardiac arrest (NTCA) in resuscitation strategy. Only when the standard resuscitation process is combined with… read more here.
Keywords: cardiac arrest; traumatic cardiac; prevention strategies; strategies traumatic ... See more keywords