General Care Considerations for the Pediatric Trauma Patient - 09/10/23
Doi : 10.1016/j.coms.2023.05.003
Hannah C. Cockrell, MD a, b, Sarah L.M. Greenberg, MD, MPH a, b, ⁎ 
a Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
b Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Box 356410, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
∗Corresponding author. Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105.Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic SurgerySeattle Children’s Hospital4800 Sand Point Way NortheastSeattleWA98105
Résumé |
Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality for children in the United States. Access to trauma care, injury burden, and outcomes following injury, are inequitable. There are many anatomic and physiologic differences between children and adults that affect injury patterns and necessary trauma treatment. The principles of advanced trauma life support (ATLS) should be used by clinicians in high-resource settings for the immediate in-hospital treatment of the injured child.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Trauma, Injury, Pediatric, Health equity, ATLS, Pediatric surgery
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Vol 35 - N° 4
P. 493-499 - novembre 2023 Retour au numéro
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