Major pelvic fractures

Major pelvic fractures.

Tracy Evans is the trauma program manager and director of emergency medical services at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Conn. The spectrum of patients with pelvic fractures ranges from patients with isolated, simple fractures to critically injured patients with multiple other life-threatening injuries. Critical care nurses care for patients with major pelvic fractures in many settings, including t...

management of severe perineal injuries in major pelvic fractures

introduction: significant perineal injuries and major pelvic fractures resulting from blunt trauma manifest a high-energy injury. open pelvic fractures (with perineal injury) are associated with higher mortality rates of 40 to 60 %. methods: this study was a review of patients with multiple traumas comprising of major pelvic fracture and severe perineal injuries (shahid kamyab hospital in mashh...

Major pelvic fractures: identification of patients at high risk.

The identification of high-risk factors in patients with fractures of the pelvis at the time of presentation would facilitate investigation and management. In a series of 174 consecutive patients with unstable fractures of the pelvic ring, clinical data were used to calculate the injury severity score (ISS), the triage-revised trauma score (T-RTS), and the Glasgow coma scale (GCS). The morpholo...

Pelvic Fractures

Pelvic Fractures – Sacroiliac Fractures / Luxations