title: [Successful management of sudden respiratory and heart arrest resulting from severe closed thoracoabdominal trauma: report of one case].
abstract: The author reported the successful treatment of a patient with sudden respiratory and heart arrest due to severe closed thoracoabdominal trauma. This experience indicates timely and necessarily frequent thoracic X-ray and blood gas analysis are of paramount importance after closed thoracoabdominal trauma, for which often gives rise to secondary injuries. When the local hospital can not offer essential treatment, severe cases need to be immediately transferred to higher hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracocardiac Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China. zhuyiwen@public.guangzhou.gd.cn
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome