Eastern association for the surgery of trauma practice management guidelines for hemorrhage in pelvic fracture-update and systematic review

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1850-1868

  Cullinane, Daniel C ^a   Schiller, Henry J ^a   Zielinski, Martin D ^a   Bilaniuk, Jaroslaw W ^b   Collier, Bryan R ^c   Como, John ^d   Holevar, Michelle ^e   Sabater, Enrique A ^f   Sems, S Andrew ^a   Vassy, W Matthew ^g   Wynne, Julie L ^h  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Department of Radiology   (Puerto Rico)

^g Department of Surgery   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Blush; C clamp; CT scan; Embolization; External fixator; FAST; Fracture pattern; Hemorrhage; Intravenous contrast extravasation; PASG; Pelvic fracture; Pelvic hematoma; Pelvic packing; Temporary pelvic binder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREPERITONEAL PACKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIC BONES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84255166584     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823dca9a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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