Prehospital ultrasound detects pericardial tamponade in a pregnant victim of stabbing assault
Prehospital ultrasound detects pericardial tamponade in a pregnant victim of stabbing assault
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DOI:
10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.07.020
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
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影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Walcher, Felix
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作者:
Byhahn, Christian;Bingold, Tobias M.;Walcher, Felix
The development of handheld, portable ultrasound devices has enabled the use of this diagnostic tool. also in the out-of-hospital environment. We report on a pregnant teenager who was found haemodynamically unstable after a stab assault. When she suffered cardiac arrest shortly thereafter, diagnosis of cardiac tamponade was made by portable ultrasound, and immediate pericardiocentesis was performed by the emergency physician. White her baby died after emergency Caesarean section, the teenager survived after thoracotomy and prolonged resuscitation without neurological sequelae. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.