The importance of a multidisciplinary approach in a child with major abdominal penetrating trauma. Stampa

Assessment of cardiac output in children: a comparison between the pressure recording analytical method and Doppler echocardiography.

Adorisio O, Elia A, Pinzauti E, Pancani S, Mirabile L, Lenares E, Danti DA.
SourceDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Urology Unit, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy. Questo indirizzo e-mail è protetto dallo spam bot. Abilita Javascript per vederlo.

We present a case of a 2-year-old girl who had a lawn mower accident with subtotal gut evisceration, multiple ischemic intestinal lesions, hepatic and gastric wounds, amputation of the left forearm, and hypovolemic shock.

Prompt and adequate management was carried out in tertiary level institution, based upon quick evaluation of the lesions, fluid resuscitation, surgical repair, and postoperative admission to the pediatric intensive care unit.

 

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