Multiplicity of solid organ injury: Influence on management and outcomes after blunt abdominal trauma

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 925-929

  Malhotra, Ajai K ^a   Latifi, Rifat ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^b   Ivatury, Rao R ^a   Dhage, S ^a   Bee, Tiffany K ^b   Miller, Preston R ^b   Croce, Martin A ^b   Yelon, Jay A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Liver; Multiple injuries; Nonoperative management; Outcomes; Solid organ injury; Spleen

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLEEN INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INJURY; LIVER; SPLEEN;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0038679292     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000066182.67385.86     Document Type: Article

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