Risk factors and outcomes in pediatric blunt cardiac injuries.

Brent EmighAreg GrigorianJoshua DildayFreeman CondonJeffry NahmiasMorgan SchellenbergMatthew MartinKazuhide MatsushimaKenji Inaba

Published in: Pediatric surgery international (2023)

Following trauma, the presence of pulmonary contusions or hemothorax should trigger additional screening investigations specific for BCI in pediatric patients.

Keyphrases

risk factors
trauma patients
pulmonary hypertension
left ventricular
heart failure
young adults
skeletal muscle
metabolic syndrome
childhood cancer