tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Vascular injuries after blunt chest trauma: diagnosis and management"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Vascular injuries after blunt chest trauma: diagnosis and management | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine BioMed Central Review Vascular injuries after blunt chest trauma diagnosis and management James V O Connort1 Christopher Byrnet2 Thomas M Scalea1 Bartley P Griffith2 and David G Neschis 2 Open Access Address 1Program in Ttauma R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Baltimore USA and 2Department of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore USA Email James V O Connor - joconnor@ Christopher Byrne - cbyrne@ Thomas M Scalea - tscalea@ Bartley P Griffith - bgriffith@ David G Neschis - dneschis@ Corresponding author tEqual contributors Published 14 September 2009 Received 22 June 2009 .. - AAQ I 7111 - AA Accepted 14 September 2009 Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17 42 doi l 757-7241-17-42 This article is available from http content 17 1Z42 2009 O Connor et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Although relatively rare blunt injury to thoracic great vessels is the second most common cause of trauma related death after head injury. Over the last twenty years the paradigm for management of these devastating injuries has changed drastically. The goal of this review is to update the reader on current concepts of diagnosis and management of blunt thoracic vascular trauma. Methods A review of the medical literature was performed to obtain articles pertaining to both blunt injuries of the thoracic aorta and of the non-aortic great vessels in the chest. Articles were chosen based on authors preference and clinical .