Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture in a pediatric patient: a case report.
Diaphragmatic rupture following blunt abdominal trauma is an uncommon life-threatening injury in children. In addition to its high mortality rate, there is a significant amount of morbidity associated with this injury. Emergency medicine physicians must maintain a high index of suspicion for diaphragmatic rupture and its associated complications when evaluating victims of blunt abdominal trauma.
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399, USA. friedlaender@email.CHOP.edu
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D000058:Accidental Falls; D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries; D012421:Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications