Blunt thoracic aortic injury: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm

Affiliations

¹ From the Departments of Surgery (C.V.R.B., J.J.D.), Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Medical College of Wisconsin (M.d.M.), Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oregon Health Science University (K.J.B.), Portland, Oregon; University of Kansas Medical Center (J.L.H.), Kansas City, Kansas; University of Southern California (K.I., M.J.M.), Los Angeles, California; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (E.J.L.), Los Angeles, California; Ernest E Moore Shock Trauma Center (E.E.M.), Denver, Colorado; Scripps Mercy Hospital (K.A.P.), San Diego, California; Guthrie Health System (A.G.R.), Sayre, Pennsylvania; Children's Hospital (N.G.R.), Cincinnati, Ohio; University of Pittsburgh (J.L.S.), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; St. Joseph's Medical Center (J.A.W.), Phoenix, Arizona; Salem Health Hospital (A.M.M.), Salem, Oregon; and Riverside University Health System Medical Center (R.C.), Riverside, California.

Carlos V R Brown et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 1;94(1):113-116.

doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003759. Epub 2022 Aug 24.

¹ From the Departments of Surgery (C.V.R.B., J.J.D.), Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Medical College of Wisconsin (M.d.M.), Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Oregon Health Science University (K.J.B.), Portland, Oregon; University of Kansas Medical Center (J.L.H.), Kansas City, Kansas; University of Southern California (K.I., M.J.M.), Los Angeles, California; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (E.J.L.), Los Angeles, California; Ernest E Moore Shock Trauma Center (E.E.M.), Denver, Colorado; Scripps Mercy Hospital (K.A.P.), San Diego, California; Guthrie Health System (A.G.R.), Sayre, Pennsylvania; Children's Hospital (N.G.R.), Cincinnati, Ohio; University of Pittsburgh (J.L.S.), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; St. Joseph's Medical Center (J.A.W.), Phoenix, Arizona; Salem Health Hospital (A.M.M.), Salem, Oregon; and Riverside University Health System Medical Center (R.C.), Riverside, California.

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