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DR NICHOLAS NAMIAS (Miami, FL): The authors present a 15-year registry review from one of the most renowned trauma centers in the world. It is an important report. The thrust of the paper is that admission physiology, or as we heard it called, occult shock, is more predictive than vital signs of the need for thoracotomy at the 1-hour to 6-hour time points after admission.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Tags: Southern surgical association article Source Type: research