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Emergency Department Thoracotomy (EDT)

Dietrich Doll, Fabrizio Bonanno, MD Smith, Elias Degiannis

Trauma · 2005 · 11 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

Emergency Department Thoracotomy (EDT) is thoracotomy done in the Emergency Department on a patient presenting moribund. The aims of EDT are the resuscitation of patients

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George C. Velmahos, Elias Degiannis, Irene Souter et al. · PubMed · 1994 · 62 citations

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