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ArticleScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine2021

Pre-hospital management of penetrating neck injuries: a scoping review of current evidence and guidance.

Christopher Simpson, Harriet Tucker, Anthony Hudson

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Article in Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Battlefield Neck Injuries: Contemporary Insights From the Israeli National Trauma Registry.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2025
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  5. Penetrating neck trauma: a comprehensive review.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025
    Review
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  7. The use of Foley catheter tamponade for bleeding control in penetrating injuries.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christopher SimpsonEmergency Department, St. George's Hospital Trust, Blackshaw Rd., Tooting, London, SW17 0QT, UK. Christopher.simpson@doctors.org.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3482-2585
Harriet TuckerEmergency Department, St. George's Hospital Trust, Blackshaw Rd., Tooting, London, SW17 0QT, UK.
Anthony HudsonEmergency Department, St. George's Hospital Trust, Blackshaw Rd., Tooting, London, SW17 0QT, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Penetrating injuries to the neck pose a unique challenge to clinicians due to the proximity of multiple significant anatomical structures with little protective soft tissue coverage. Injuries to this area, whilst low in incidence, are potentially devastating. Respiratory, vascular, gastro-oesophageal and neurological structures may all be involved, either in isolation or combination. These injuries are particularly difficult to manage in the resource poor, often austere and/or remote, pre-hospital environment. A systematic scoping review of the literature was conducted to evaluate the current available research pertaining to managing this injury profile, prior to the patient arriving in the emergency department. The available research is discussed in sections based on the commonly used trauma management acronym 'cABCD' (catastrophic haemorrhage, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability) to facilitate a systematic approach and clinical evaluation familiar to clinicians. Based on the available reviewed evidence, we have proposed a management algorithm for this cohort of patients. From this we plan to instigate a Delphi process to develop a consensus statement on the pre-hospital management of this challenging presentation.

Indexed as

Neck InjuriesWounds, PenetratingChest PainEmergency Service, HospitalHospitalsHumansImmediatePenetrating neck injuryPenetrating traumaPre-hospitalStabbing

Identifiers

PMID34530879
PMCPMC8447707

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