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Kidney injury, a common finding in children with blunt abdominal trauma, may be associated with bloody urine. [13] Kidney lacerations may be associated with urinoma or leakage of urine into the abdomen. [4] A shattered kidney is one with multiple lacerations and an associated fragmentation of the kidney tissue. [4]
Trauma in children, also known as pediatric trauma, refers to a traumatic injury that happens to an infant, child or adolescent. Because of anatomical and physiological differences between children and adults the care and management of this population differs.
Abdominal CT showing left renal artery injury. Blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) represents 75% of all blunt trauma and is the most common example of this injury. [3] Seventy-five percent of BAT occurs in motor vehicle crashes, [4] in which rapid deceleration may propel the driver into the steering wheel, dashboard, or seatbelt, [5] causing contusions in less serious cases, or rupture of internal ...
Injuries to the gallbladder are typically associated with injuries to other abdominal organs. [29] The intestines are susceptible to injury following blunt abdominal trauma. [30] The kidneys are protected by other structures in the abdomen, and most injuries to the kidney are a result of blunt trauma. [31]
The death of a 3-year-old girl is under investigation after she was taken to an Illinois emergency room with “serious injuries.”. Investigators with the Danville Police Department were called ...
Blunt injuries to the kidney from helmets, shoulder pads, and knees are described in football, [1] and in soccer, martial arts, [2] and all-terrain vehicle crashes. A literature review of peer-reviewed articles in May 2009 demonstrated that urogenital injuries are uncommon in team and individual sports, and that most of them are low-grade injuries, cycling being the most commonly associated ...
The criteria were established using 20 CT scans from a database of hemodynamically stable patients with blunt splenic injury. These criteria were then validated in 56 consecutive patients retrospectively and appear to reliably predict the need for invasive management in patients with blunt injury to the spleen ( sensitivity of 100%, specificity ...
Injuries may be caused by any combination of external forces that act physically against the body. [10] The leading causes of traumatic death are blunt trauma, motor vehicle collisions, and falls, followed by penetrating trauma such as stab wounds or impaled objects. [11] Subsets of blunt trauma are both the number one and two causes of ...