Pericardial laceration and fatal cardiac herniation in an improperly restrained six-month-old infant.
J Pediatr Surg
; 21(11): 931-3, 1986 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-3794942
ABSTRACT
We present the youngest reported patient to suffer pleuropericardial laceration with fatal cardiac herniation from blunt chest trauma, apparently related to the improper use of an infant restraint device. Pericardial laceration with cardiac herniation occurs infrequently, but should be suspected in this setting when a patient in electromechanical dissociation is unresponsive to standard resuscitation measures.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pericárdio
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Traumatismos Cardíacos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Article