Stable fracture of the pubic rami: A rare cause of life-threatening bleeding from the inferior epigastric artery managed with transcatheter embolization

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-395

  Loffroy, Romaric ^a   Yeguiayan, Jean Michel ^a   Guiu, Boris ^a   Cercueil, Jean Pierre ^a   Krausé, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

CT; Hemorrhage; Pelvic fracture; Transcatheter embolization

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL MASS; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CRYSTALLOID; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC HEMATOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 54349109186     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500010447     Document Type: Article

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