Acute management of hemodynamically unstable pelvic trauma patients: Time for a change? Multicenter review of recent practice

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1874-1882

  Verbeek, Diederik ^a   Sugrue, Michael ^b   Balogh, Zsolt ^c   Cass, Danny ^d   Civil, Ian ^e   Harris, Ian ^b   Kossmann, Thomas ^f   Leibman, Steve ^g   Malka, Valerie ^h   Pohl, Anthony ⁱ   Rao, Sudhakar ^j   Richardson, Martin ^k   Schuetz, Michael ^l   Ursic, Caesar ^m   Wills, Vanessa ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management   (Australia)

^e AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^m ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS INJURY; PERITONEAL ASPIRATION; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 48549084577     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9591-z     Document Type: Article

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