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The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma
Includes bibliographical references.
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Department of Surgery
2015
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| author | Nicol, Andrew John |
| author2 | Kahn, Delawir |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11633 The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma Nicol, Andrew John Kahn, Delawir Surgery Includes bibliographical references. The vast majority of patients with penetrating cardiac injuries do not reach the hospital alive as the pre-hospital mortality rate for these injuries is in the region of 86%. The patients that do reach the hospital alive are potential survivors and it is obviously crucial that any cardiac injury is detected and managed appropriately. Most of these injuries present with either cardiac tamponade or hypovolaemic shock and are relatively straightforward to diagnose and require immediate surgery. There is, however, a group of patients that are relatively stable with an underlying cardiac injury and it is in these patients that a potential or occult cardiac injury needs to be identified. 2015-01-06T18:57:01Z 2015-01-06T18:57:01Z 2012 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11633 eng application/pdf Department of Surgery Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Surgery Nicol, Andrew John The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma |
| title_full | The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma |
| title_fullStr | The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma |
| title_full_unstemmed | The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma |
| title_short | The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma |
| title_sort | current management of penetrating cardiac trauma |
| topic | Surgery |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11633 |
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