Item Details

title

Injury Patterns Associated with Shock in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A National Trauma Database Review

author

Gardner, Alison

abstract

Initial trauma resuscitation of all ages involves rapidly evaluating and treating immediate life-threatening injuries for the purposes of preventing the development shock, or a state of poor tissue oxygenation. According to current guidelines published by the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma, shock after trauma is assumed to be secondary to hemorrhage, and immediate intravascular volume replacement is instituted. However, preliminary studies indicate that children with shock after trauma may not suffer from hemorrhagic injuries, but may have isolated head injuries.

subject

Head Injury

Pediatric

Resuscitation

Shock

Trauma

contributor

Skelton, Joseph A (committee chair)

Petty, John (committee member)

Miller, Chadwick D. (committee member)

Tooze, Janet A. (committee member)

Diz, Debra I (committee member)

date

2014-07-10T08:35:36Z (accessioned)

2015-07-10T08:30:11Z (available)

2014 (issued)

degree

Clinical and Population Translational Sciences (discipline)

embargo

2015-07-10 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39294 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Thesis