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3656483

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
From 1965 to 1985, 76 patients were admitted to Sacré-Coeur Hospital, Montreal, with a diagnosis of penetrating chest trauma (PCT). The majority were under the age of 30 years and almost two thirds suffered gunshot wounds. Sixty-seven (88.1%) sustained a lateral or thoracic (T) injury and in nine (11.8%) the lesion was central or mediastinal (M). In the first group (T), 53.7% were treated surgically with thoracotomy, laparotomy, and chest tube (CT) insertion or both; 46.2% were managed conservatively. In the second group (M) the pericardium or the heart was involved, eight patients (88.8%) were managed surgically without the use of extracorporeal circulation and one patient was observed only. Eight (11.9%) died in the thoracic group; all survived in the mediastinal group, for an overall mortality of 10.5%. Shock was associated with increased morbidity and mortality in the thoracic group (T) and infection was the most frequent complication for the entire group of patients under study. There has been a steady increase in the total number of PCT at our hospital during the last two decades suggesting an increase in crime and violence in our urban surroundings.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-5282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
994-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Penetrating chest trauma: a 20-year experience.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article