Blunt Aortic Injury  

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Neschis, David G. ; Scalea, Thomas M. ; Flinn, William R. ; Griffith, Bartley P.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 359 no. 16 (Oct. 2008), page 1708.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2008.05 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Blunt aortic injury occurs in less than 1% of motor vehicle crashes but is responsible for 16% of the deaths.1 This injury is second only to head injury as the leading cause of death after vehicular crashes.2 Up to 80% of patients die before their arrival at a hospital. Of those who survive the initial injury, a majority will die without definitive treatment.3 Mechanism of Injury Blunt aortic injury most often occurs after sudden deceleration, usually in automobile crashes. Other causes include crashes of motorcycles and aircraft, auto–pedestrian collisions, falls, and crush injury.3 In a prospective study of hospital admissions involving blunt aortic . . .

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