[Abdominal trauma at a third-level pediatric hospital: study of 150 patients].
All paediatric patients with abdominal trauma admitted in our hospital from 1975 to 1989 were retrospectively studied. We present 150 children with ages ranging from 1 to 14 years, mean age 6 +/- 2.6 years. Sixty-five percent of them were male. Trauma was classified as severe (37%) and mild (63%) and relationated with associated extra-abdominal injuries. The 42% of patients could be attended in other less specialized centres. Since 1982, severe abdominal trauma patient with parenchymal lesions of liver, kidney and spleen were treated according to a non-surgical protocol without secondary complications.
Marhuenda
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Departamento de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Materno-Infantil Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona.
Martínez Ibáñez
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Ezzedine
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Pérez Martinez
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Canals
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Asensio
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Lloret
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Boix Ochoa
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain