title: [Appropriate management of penetrating thoracic stab injuries].
abstract: Knife-stab chest injuries require immediate adequate treatment according to an established pattern. Depending on the clinical findings, the requisite management is performed: Intubation, central vain catheter, tube drainage according to Bülau, thoracotomy. Stabbing weapons should be removed not before admission to a thoracic surgical clinic ready for immediate operation. One of our cases shows that schematic procedure enables adequate "minimal therapy" in spite of dramatic circumstances.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Situationsgerechtes Vorgehen bei penetrierenden Thoraxstichverletzungen.