title: Penetrating paediatric thoracic injury.
abstract: Paediatric penetrating chest trauma is common in conflict, but rarely seen in peacetime. We describe the successful hospital management of a five year old female civilian casualty with life threatening penetrating thoracic trauma caused by a fragment from an explosive device.
authors: Anaesthetic Department, Stirling Royal Infirmary, Stirling.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Coley
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Roach
authors: A I
authors: AI
authors: Macmillan
authors: A T H
authors: AT
authors: West
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Johnston
mesh_terms: D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D000346:Afghanistan / Q000208:ethnology; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D006113:United Kingdom; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*