Central Venous Catheterization before Versus after Computed Tomography in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients with Major Blunt Trauma: Clinical Characteristics and Factors for Decision Making

Purpose When hemodynamically unstable patients with blunt major trauma arrive at the emergency department (ED), the safety of performing early whole-body computed tomography (WBCT) is concerning. Some clinicians perform central venous catheterization (CVC) before WBCT (pre-computed tomography [CT] g...

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Main Authors: Ji Hun Kim, Sang Ook Ha, Young Sun Park, Jeong Hyeon Yi, Sun Beom Hur, Ki Ho Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Traumatology 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Trauma and Injury
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Online Access:http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-135.pdf
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