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GuidelineMilitary Medical Research2018

Chinese expert consensus on echelons treatment of thoracic injury in modern warfare.

Zhao-Wen Zong, Zhi-Nong Wang, Si-Xu Chen, Hao Qin, Lian-Yang Zhang, Yue Shen, Lei Yang, Wen-Qiong Du, Can Chen, Xin Zhong and 7 more

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Guideline in Military Medical Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The tenets of intrathoracic packing during damage control thoracic surgery for trauma patients: a systematic review.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Zhao-Wen ZongState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Department of War Wound Rescue Skills Training, Base of Army Health Service Training, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China. zongzhaowen@163.com.
Zhi-Nong WangDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China.
Si-Xu ChenState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Department of War Wound Rescue Skills Training, Base of Army Health Service Training, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Hao QinState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Department of War Wound Rescue Skills Training, Base of Army Health Service Training, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Lian-Yang ZhangDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Yue ShenDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Lei YangState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Department of War Wound Rescue Skills Training, Base of Army Health Service Training, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Wen-Qiong DuState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Department of War Wound Rescue Skills Training, Base of Army Health Service Training, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Can ChenState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Department of War Wound Rescue Skills Training, Base of Army Health Service Training, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Xin ZhongState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Department of War Wound Rescue Skills Training, Base of Army Health Service Training, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Lin ZhangSpecial Clinic Department of Bethune Medical Profession Sergeant School, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
Jiang-Tao HuoSpecial Clinic Department of Bethune Medical Profession Sergeant School, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
Li-Ping KuaiInstitute of Health Service and Medical Information, Academy of Military Medical Sciences of the Chinese PLA, Beijing, 100850, China.
Li-Xin ShuDepartment of Pharmacy, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Guo-Fu DuInstitute of Health Service and Medical Information, Academy of Military Medical Sciences of the Chinese PLA, Beijing, 100850, China.
Yu-Feng ZhaoDepartment of Trauma Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Representing the Traumatology Branch of the China Medical Rescue Association, the Youth Committee on Traumatology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the PLA Professional Committee and the Youth Committee on Disaster Medicine, and the Disaster Medicine Branch of the Chongqing Association of Integrative Medicine
Army Medical University · CNAcademy of Military Medical Sciences · CNJilin University · CNNaval University of Engineering · CNShanghai Changzheng Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergency treatment of thoracic injuries varies of general conditions and modern warfare. However, there are no unified battlefield treatment guidelines for thoracic injuries in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). An expert consensus has been reached based on the epidemiology of thoracic injuries and the concept of battlefield treatment combined with the existing levels of military medical care in modern warfare. Since there are no differences in the specialized treatment for thoracic injuries between general conditions and modern warfare, first aid, emergency treatment, and early treatment of thoracic injuries are introduced separately in three levels in this consensus. At Level I facilities, tension pneumothorax and open pneumothorax are recommended for initial assessment during the first aid stage. Re-evaluation and further treatment for hemothorax, flail chest, and pericardial tamponade are recommended at Level II facilities. At Level III facilities, simple surgical operations such as emergency thoracotomy and debridement surgery for open pneumothorax are recommended. The grading standard for evidence evaluation and recommendation was used to reach this expert consensus.

Indexed as

WarfareChinaConsensusEmergency TreatmentHumansPersonal Protective EquipmentThoracic InjuriesThoracotomyCombat injuriesEchelons treatmentExpert consensusThoracic injury

Identifiers

PMID30286811
PMCPMC6171144
OpenAlexW2895608797

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Registered trials

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