Contemporary management of acute kidney trauma

Contemporary Management of Facial Trauma.

Contemporary evaluation and management of renal trauma.

INTRODUCTION Renal trauma occurs in approximately 1%-5% of all trauma cases. Improvements in imaging and management over the last two decades have caused a shift in the treatment of this clinical condition. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic search of PubMed was performed to identify relevant and contemporary articles that referred to the management and evaluation of renal trauma. RESULTS C...

Contemporary management of acute coronary syndrome.

This review focuses on the modern management of the non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction). Patients with these syndromes are at varying degrees of risk of (re)infarction and death. This risk can be reliably predicted by clinical, electrocardiographic, and biochemical markers. Aspirin, clopidogrel, heparin (unfractionated or low mo...

Contemporary Strategies in the Management of Civilian Abdominal Vascular Trauma

The evaluation and management of patients with abdominal vascular trauma or injury requires immediate and effective decision-making in these unfavorable circumstances. The majority of these patients arrive at trauma centers in profound shock, secondary to massive blood loss, which is often unrelenting. Moreover, ischemia, compartment syndrome, thrombosis, and embolization may also be life threa...

Guideline on management of acute dental trauma.

Purpose The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) intends these guidelines to define, describe appearances, and set forth objectives for general management of acute traumatic dental injuries rather than recommend specific treatment procedures that have been presented in considerably more detail in textbooks and the dental/medical literature. Methods This guideline is an update of the p...