@article{ref1,
title="A case study of right ventricular rupture in an elderly victim of motor vehicle crash: incorporating end-of-life care into trauma nursing",
journal="Journal of trauma nursing",
year="2007",
author="Van Horn, Jeffrey M.",
volume="14",
number="3",
pages="136-143",
abstract="Cardiac trauma fatalities occur in 22% of victims of motor vehicle crash. Blunt cardiac trauma may result in myocardial rupture. Mechanisms of injury include compression, deceleration, laceration, and &quot;hydraulic ram&quot; effect. Diagnosis is difficult because of coexisting injuries and the lack of evidence-based protocols. Physiological changes in the elderly and the presence of comorbid illness result in poor survival rates when myocardial rupture occurs. Trauma nurses must be prepared to provide end-of-life care related to the poor outcome associated with myocardial rupture. This case study reports a right ventricular rupture in an elderly patient involved in a frontal motor vehicle crash.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1078-7496",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}