Successful resuscitation by emergency room thoracotomy in a patient in agonal state with hemorrhagic shock resulting from penetrating cardiac injury. |
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Authors: | Xu Wu Wu-Jun Wang Xian-Fu Sang Zhen-Fu Hu Gang Chen Dong-Sheng Chen Gang Guo Qian Xiang Ke Tian Yue-Hua Peng |
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Affiliation: | Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. |
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Abstract: | A 23-year-old male patient, who was stabbed in the left chest at the fourth intercostal space leaving a 4-cm wound, was in agonal state with blood pressure of 0/0 kPa when admitted. The patient underwent emergency room thoractomy on stretcher through the left fourth intercostal anterior lateral incision 16 min after injury. The exploration revealed 2 500 ml blood in the plural cavity, 4-cm wound in the pericardium, 2-cm wound in the right ventricle of the heart without asystole, and 5-cm wound in the left upper lobe of the lung. Within 4 min the wound in the heart was sutured with the pericardium as the backing. The patient was discharged with full recovery 8 d after injury. |
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