Haemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1023-1030

  White, Christopher E ^a   Hsu, Joseph R ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Arteriography; Bleeding pelvic fractures; C clamp; Damage control resuscitation; Embolisation; EX FIX; External fixation; Haemorrhage; Humans; Mortality; Pelvic packing; Pelvic sheet; Pre peritoneal pelvic packing; Therapeutic; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BONE INJURY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDICS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SURGEON; THORAX INJURY;

FRACTURES, BONE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PELVIC BONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949150917     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.11.023     Document Type: Review

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