ABC
Trauma contusivo addominale
Blunt abdominal trauma in children
Giovanna Ferrara1, Paola Assandro1, Lorenzo Calligaris2, Floriana Zennaro3, Maria Grazia Scarpa4, Egidio Barbi2
1UCO Clinica Pediatrica, 2SC Pediatria d’urgenza e Pronto Soccorso Pediatrico, 3SC Radiologia a indirizzo pediatrico, 4SC Chirurgia e Urologia Pediatrica, IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
Febbraio 2014 - pagg. 97 -103
Abstract
Blunt abdominal trauma is a common presentation in the emergency unit and still remains
a leading cause of death in children older than one year of age. The spleen is the
most commonly injured but other solid organs or bowel may be interested, so evaluation
of the injured child should follow the ABCs of trauma resuscitation. Actually, the hemodynamically
unstable patient requires immediate operative intervention while conservative
management is the standard of care in the hemodynamically stable patient. The paper
suggests a systematic approach to evaluate children with suspected abdominal trauma.
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