Grade four blunt traumatic aortic injury with massive haemothorax: Resuscitation considerations during the primary survey
Advanced Trauma Life Support principles prioritise the management of ‘breathing’ over ‘circulation’ in an acute trauma primary survey. In a tamponaded thoracic aortic rupture, however, this may lead to fatal haemorrhagic shock. In this case, we discuss the resuscitation and management of a patient w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Trauma Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644020300571 |