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51 - Solid Organ Abdominal Trauma

from Section 11 - Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2023

By
Jayaram Chelluri
Edited by
Kaushal Shah  and
Jarone Lee
Edited in association with
Clark G. Owyang  and
Benjamin Christian Renne
Kaushal Shah
Affiliation:
Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York
Jarone Lee
Affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Clark G. Owyang
Affiliation:
Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York
Benjamin Christian Renne
Affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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Summary

  • Injuries are generally classified based on mechanism as either blunt or penetrating. Each has a different method of evaluation and treatment.

  • In blunt injuries, solid organs are commonly injured with acceleration/deceleration injuries (i.e., motor vehicle collisions [MVC], falls from height) and crush injuries. Blunt injuries are associated with greater mortality than penetrating ones. The spleen is the most commonly injured solid organ, followed by the liver.

  • A stab wound, one such penetrating injury, is less likely to cause intra-abdominal injury and penetrate the peritoneum requiring surgical intervention when compared with projectile wounds.

Keywords

blunt traumapenetrating traumaabdominal painFAST exammassive transfusionoperative repair
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Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care , pp. 552 - 560
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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