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EARLY MANAGEMENT
RESUSCITATION
OF SEVERELY INJURED CHILD
EDWIN BASYAR
Abdominal injury
Abdominal wall in children is quite thin
minor force result in serious compression
and disrupting injury
Little protection for the upper abdominal
viscera high incidence splenic and hepatic
injury
90% of abdominal injury in children :
result of blunt trauma
Non operative management 80 - 90%
success rate and has become the standard of
care in the treatment of blunt abdominal
injury in children
Summary :
Resuscitation in severely injured children
should be aggressive to avoid irreversible
shock
Non operative management has become the
clear standard of care for pediatric blunt
trauma