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A RETROSPECTIVE CASE SERIES TO ASSESS THE OCCURRENCE OF PENETRATING CARDIAC TRAUMATIC CASES (GUNSHOT AND STAB INJURIES)

Dr Asma Bhatti, Dr Saima Shams, Dr Sundas Jahangir

All around the world, mostly the young males are influenced by the penetrating cardiac chock. It is a medical emergency. The patients suffering with penetrating cardiac trauma and admitted at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore in the timeframe of October 2017 to June 2018 were mentioned in this research study. These patients were suffering from injuries related to heart. Gunshot wounds followed by stab injuries was the usual procedure of injury. Ten cases were related to this trauma. All of these cases were males with age limit between 17-48 years. 7.23+- 0.855 was the mean revised trauma score. The mortality rate was 20%, out of 10 cases 2 was died. The usual region of wound was the right ventricle followed by left ventricle. In the treatment of these patients, the surgical methods followed was Median Sternotomy. The common finding during the surgery were Haemothorax and Pericardial tamponade. Through involvement of surgery in time, those patients were saved, suffering with penetrating cardiac injury and having observable indication of life. Keywords: Cardiac Trauma, Stab Wound, Median Sternotomy.

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