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and continued need for blood products warrant consideration for operative intervention. The operative approach in these cases sh ...

of these injuries have been reported. Successful management requires an understanding of the segmental anatomy of the liver. Pei ...

A complication that is uniquely associated with severe hepatic injuries is the development of a bile leak from disrupted liver p ...

injuries has been developed by the AAST, which is important for discussing the injuries as well as validating treatment strategi ...

Regarding specific injuries, isolated contusions can be managed non- operatively with gut rest until the abdominal pain has reso ...

operative approach and operative approach. Patients undergoing the operative approach were divided into pancreatic resection or ...

without shoulder straps. Therefore, use of age-appropriate child restraints in cars may decrease the risk of some of these injur ...

approach for repair is a reasonable alternative to a traditional midline laparotomy. In penetrating traumas, initial local wound ...

Initial management for rectal injuries include protoctoscopy to definite extent of the trauma and diversion colostomy. Stool sho ...

presentation or the paucity of findings on initial imaging [55, 57]. When present, CT scan findings of full thickness injury inc ...

venous obstruction and may lead to arterial compression. Tissue swelling initiates progressive cellular injury, edema formation, ...

resuscitation, oliguria despite volume repletion, elevated peak airway pressures, hypercarbia refractory to increased mechanical ...

If fluid is present, paracentesis may be therapeutic. However, with any physiologic compromise or IAP of 30 or greater, a decomp ...

Feliz A, Shultz B, McKenna C, et al. Diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy in pediatric abdominal trauma. J Pediatr Surg 2006; ...

Jacobs LM. Splenorrhaphy. In Advanced Trauma Operative Management. Jacobs LM (ed.) 2004, Woodbury, CT. p 78-83. Peitzman,AB and ...

Goffette PP, Laterre PF. Traumatic injuries: Imaging and intervention in post-traumatic complications (delayed intervention). E ...

Nance ML, Lutz N, Arbogast KB, et al. Optimal restraint reduces the risk of abdominal injury in children involved in motor vehi ...

Asensio JA, Feliciano DV, Britt LD, et al. Management of duodenal injuries. Curr Probl Surg 1993;30:1023-1093. Ladd AP, West KW ...

Chapter 16 Pediatric Burns Raquel Gonzalez, MD Christina M. Shanti, MD I. Introduction (^) Burn injuries affect approximately 2 ...

injury depends on the temperature, duration of exposure, skin thickness, tissue conductance and specific heat of the causative a ...