High mortality after emergency room laparotomy in haemodynamically unstable trauma patients

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  • Helle Lund
  • Steen Christian Kofoed
  • Jens Georg Hillingsø
  • Claus Falck Larsen
  • Svendsen, Lars Bo
  • Steen Christian Kofoed
Hypovolaemic shock is a major course of death in trauma patients. The mortality in patients in profound shock at the time of arrival is extremely high and we wanted to investigate the outcome of patients undergoing laparotomy at the Trauma Care Unit (TCU).
Original languageEnglish
JournalDanish Medical Bulletin (Online)
Volume58
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)A4275
ISSN1603-9629
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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