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Mortality after emergent trauma laparotomy

Authors :
Tom Maxim
Lindsay Cattin
Joanelle A. Bailey
Deborah M. Stein
John A. Harvin
Martin D. Zielinski
Kenji Inaba
Jeffrey D. Kerby
Sam Akinyeye
Vicente J. Undurraga Perl
S. Rob Todd
John B. Holcomb
Kyle W. Cunningham
Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec
Eileen M. Bulger
David H. Livingston
Alison Wilson
David R. King
Myriam A. Martinez-Aguilar
Russell Griffin
Asad J. Choudhry
Hasan B. Alam
Martin A. Schreiber
Source :
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 83:464-468
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017.

Abstract

BACKGROUNDTwo decades ago, hypotensive trauma patients requiring emergent laparotomy had a 40% mortality. In the interim, multiple interventions to decrease hemorrhage-related mortality have been implemented but few have any documented evidence of change in outcomes for patients requiring emergent l

Details

ISSN :
21630755
Volume :
83
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Accession number :
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