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Pot pouri of heuristics in penetrating trauma to the chest.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19087051     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Reading the techniques of an unfamiliar operation from an operative textbook is frequently not sufficient to enable the performance of the actual operation. It is the small points - the tricks of the trade - that make the difference to the 'uninitiated'; it is the heuristics, the 'rule of thumb' that doctors frequently doing these procedures learn through trial and error. We describe some of the heuristics of emergency operative management of penetrating thoracic trauma.
Authors:
Elias Degiannis; Martin D Smith
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  ANZ journal of surgery     Volume:  78     ISSN:  1445-2197     ISO Abbreviation:  ANZ J Surg     Publication Date:  2008 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-12-17     Completed Date:  2009-01-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101086634     Medline TA:  ANZ J Surg     Country:  Australia    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1103-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. degiannis@yebo.co.za
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Clinical Competence*
Cognition
Humans
Learning
Motor Skills
Perception
Psychomotor Performance*
Task Performance and Analysis
Thoracic Injuries / surgery*
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / education,  methods*
Wounds, Penetrating / surgery*

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