Injuries and outcome after laparotomy in gunshot wound patients who have minimal bleeding
Abstract During 1990-1, 970 patients with gunshot wounds (GSW) were admitted to Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center. Of the 686 patients with trunk GSW, 433 had wounds of the abdomen or of the chest and abdomen. No blood transfusions were required in 323 of these patients, 5 of whom died (four of the… Read more »
