Institutional practice guidelines on management of pelvic fracture-related hemodynamic instability: Do they make a difference?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 778-782

  Balogh, Zsolt ^a   Caldwell, Erica ^a   Heetveld, Martin ^a   D'Amours, Scott ^a   Schlaphoff, Glen ^a   Harris, Ian ^a   Sugrue, Michael ^a,b  

^a Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^b Department of Trauma ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Pelvic fracture; Pelvic hemorrhage; Pelvic trauma; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; PELVIS ANGIOGRAPHY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PELVIC BONES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 17844386855     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000158251.40760.B2     Document Type: Review

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