title: [Polytrauma: a therapeutic and logistical approach].
abstract: This work aims to define a strategy for the management of polytrauma based on findings from a review of the recent literature. After a definition of terminology, we address the modes of injury, pathophysiology, and the different phases in the management of polytrauma. We assess the results of current management of polytrauma in developed countries and stress the need for improvement in trauma systems and therapeutic interventions in order to achieve better results.
authors.affiliation: Etablissement public hospitalier de Ain-Bessem, Bouira, Algérie. Haddadi.said@gmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haddadi
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D023261:Glasgow Outcome Scale; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011379:Prognosis; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014218:Triage