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*Occurs in 5% of all traumas | |||
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Revision as of 15:21, 19 July 2015
Background
- Occurs in 5% of all traumas
- Most common abdominal injury
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Abdominal Trauma
- Abdominal compartment syndrome
- Diaphragmatic trauma
- Duodenal hematoma
- Genitourinary trauma
- Liver trauma
- Pelvic fractures
- Retroperitoneal hemorrhage
- Renal trauma
- Splenic trauma
- Trauma in pregnancy
- Ureter trauma
Workup
Management
- Nonoperative management is successful in >90% of pts who are hemodynamically stable
- Low-grade injuries (grades I–III) can almost always be managed without surgery
- Higher-grade injuries commonly fail nonoperative therapy.
- Consider angiographic embolization if:
- Large amount of hemoperitoneum
- Vascular injury (contrast blush) on CT
Disposition
See Also
Sources
Tintinalli's Rosen's