TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Penetrating heart injuries in two butchers
JO  - Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
A1  - Jagers op Akkerhuis, M.
A1  - Engelberts, I.
A1  - Brink, Peter R. G.
SP  - 2153
EP  - 2156
VL  - 143
IS  - 43
N2  - Two butchers, men aged 25 and 48 years, sustained a perforating heart injury when they made a vertical cut. They were rushed to hospital. The first patient was haemodynamically stable on arrival. The second had hypotension and cardiac ultrasonography revealed increased fluid in the pericardium; he was subjected to pericardiocentesis. The heart wounds in both patients were sutured via a left-sided anterolateral thoracotomy; the younger had a wound in the left ventricle, the older both a dorsal and a ventral transmural perforation of the right ventricle. Both patients could be discharged after a little over a week in good condition. Employers in abbattoirs should provide protective clothing fastening high enough to prevent heart wounds.<p /> <p>Language: nl</p>
LA  - nl
SN  - 0028-2162
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -