Assessment of cardiac injury in patients with blunt chest trauma

EMET M., AKÖZ A., ASLAN Ş., SARITAŞ A., ÇAKIR Z., ACEMOĞLU H.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.36, sa.5, ss.441-447, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00068-010-0005-1
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.441-447
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Diagnosis, Trauma, Blunt injury, Myocardial injury, Troponin, Electrocardiography, Echocardiography, Biomarker, Thorax, SUSPECTED MYOCARDIAL CONTUSION, SERUM TROPONIN LEVELS, CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE, ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background There has been difficulty in the appropriate determination of blunt cardiac injury (BCI) related to blunt thoracic trauma (BTT). The aim of this study is to assess BCI and the effectiveness of diagnostic tests in BTT in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED).