No further incidence of sepsis after splenectomy for severe trauma: A multi-institutional experience of the trauma registry of the DGU with 1,630 patients

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 258-265

  Heuer, M ^a   Taeger, G ^a   Kaiser, G M ^a   Nast Kolb, D ^a   Kuhne C A ^b   Ruchholtz, S ^b   Lefering, R ^c   Paul, A ^a   Lendemans, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Mortality; Sepsis; Splenectomy; Splenic injury; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INJURY SEVERITY; MORTALITY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; SHOCK;

HEMOGLOBIN;

EID: 77954406568     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-15-6-258     Document Type: Article

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