(1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA KeywordsLiverHepatic injuryExsanguinating hemorrhageDiagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL)Nonoperative management (NOM)American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Organ…
(1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA KeywordsTracheaBronchusEsophagusTracheobronchialPenetrating injuryBlunt injuryNational Trauma Data BankInjury severity score (ISS)BronchoscopyAirway pressure release ventilation (APRV)Collar incisionThoracotomyEsophagoscopyContrast-enhanced esophagography…
Fig. 21.1 (a) AP compression fracture, (b) left lateral compression fracture, and (c) AP compression fracture with vertical shear extension. Table 21.1 Young and Burgess classification of pelvic fractures. AP…
(1) Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA KeywordsSpleenSplenectomySplenorrhaphyIncisional herniaSmall bowel obstructionSepsisHemorrhageSplenic infarction Introduction The spleen is one of the most commonly injured organs following blunt trauma….
, Kevin Jones1 and Jeffrey Rea1 (1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA KeywordsProceduresIntubationCricothyrotomyTube thoracostomyDiagnostic peritoneal lavageLocal wound explorationFAST examPneumothoraxHemothorax Intubation Intro Airway is…
(1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA KeywordsKidneyUreterBladderBlunt traumaPenetrating traumaCystogramComputed tomography (CT)CT cystogramPercutaneous nephrostomyStentFoley catheter drainageSurgical explorationGunshot woundsGrading scales Introduction Trauma to…
(1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA KeywordsAxillary artery exposureBrachial artery exposureInferior vena cava exposureIntra-abdominal aorta exposureIliac vessel exposureFemoral artery exposurePopliteal artery…
(1) Division of Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA KeywordsLungTraumaResectionThoracotomyDamage controlTractotomyPneumonorrhaphyPulmonary hilar twistNon-anatomic pulmonary resectionIntrapericardial exposure Introduction A majority of patients with…
(1) Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA KeywordsPancreasDuodenumBlunt injuryPenetrating injuryREBOA catheterCentral retroperitoneal hematomaRetroperitoneal bile stainingPeritoneal fat saponificationPeritoneal fat necrosisPancreatic edemaLesser sac edemaEndoscopic…
and Melanie Hoehn2 (1) Division of Vascular Trauma, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA (2) University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA…
