Ioannis Panagiotis Kyriazidis, Dominik A Jakob, Juliana Alexandra Hernández Vargas, Oscar H Franco, Elias Degiannis, Patrick Dorn, Sjaak Pouwels, Bijendra Patel, Ian Johnson, Christopher John Houdlen, Graham S Whiteley, Marion Head, Anil Lala, Haroon Mumtaz, J Agustin Soler, Katie Mellor, David Rawaf, Ahmed R Ahmed, Suhaib J S Ahmad, Aristomenis Exadaktylos
INTRODUCTION: The diagnosis of cardiac contusion, caused by blunt chest trauma, remains a challenge due to the non-specific symptoms it causes and the lack of ideal tests to diagnose myocardial damage. A cardiac contusion can be life-threatening if not diagnosed and treated promptly. Several diagnostic tests have been used to evaluate the risk of cardiac complications, but the challenge of identifying patients with contusions nevertheless remains. AIM OF THE STUDY: To evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests for detecting blunt cardiac injury (BCI) and its complications, in patients with severe chest injuries, who are assessed in an emergency department or by any front-line emergency physician...
May 27, 2023: World Journal of Emergency Surgery: WJES