Cardiac perforation secondary to a fractured rib sustained in a ram attack in New Zealand: a review of ovine fatalities and an important lesson regarding the severely injured chest.
Grieve
Philip
P
Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North. philgrieve@blueyonder.co.uk
D000368:Aged; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000209:etiology; D009520:New Zealand; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012756:Sheep; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*