Focus on blunt abdominal trauma

Pediatric blunt abdominal trauma.

Blunt pediatric trauma is a major threat to the health and well-being of children. Nationwide, many practitioners care for children who face this issue. Some key principles related to the evaluation and management of these children are elucidated in this article.

Blunt abdominal trauma.

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79 - Blunt Abdominal Trauma

greater diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The mechanism of blunt trauma may range from high-speed injuries to minor falls or direct blows to the abdomen. Motor vehicle collisions are responsible for approximately 75%, blows to the abdomen for approximately 15%, and falls for approximately 9% of injuries. Evaluation is further complicated by extraabdominal injuries, as well as by altered me...

Blunt Abdominal Trauma

maging of Blunt Abdominal Trauma

H l i u a solated blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) represents about 5% of annual trauma mortality from blunt trauma. As part f multiple-site injury (polytrauma), BAT contributes anther 15% of trauma mortality.1 Exsanguination accounts for 0 to 90% of acute deaths from abdominal injury. More than 5% of such cases are amenable to surgery, and recent years ave seen safe extension of nonoperative, imag...