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Myocardial contusion

26/04/2024 by Bob Dunn

The segment on myocardial contusion on the Mediastinal injuries page has had a few minor updates including to further de-emphasise the usefulness of pursuing this diagnosis in the haemodynamically stable patient.

Categories Updates Tags Trauma
Tension pneumothorax radiological and clinical
Tension pneumothorax assessment

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