Bladder injuries frequently missed in polytrauma patients
Bladder injuries are very common in patients who have had road traffic accidents. The method of diagnosis and management of such injuries is well established and accepted. However, trauma to the bladder can be associated with other life-threatening injuries which are frequently missed, and often dia...
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pubmed-38188782013-11-06 Bladder injuries frequently missed in polytrauma patients Karim, Tanweer Topno, Margaret Sharma, Vinod Picardo, Raymond Hastir, Ankur Methodology Bladder injuries are very common in patients who have had road traffic accidents. The method of diagnosis and management of such injuries is well established and accepted. However, trauma to the bladder can be associated with other life-threatening injuries which are frequently missed, and often diagnosed during laparotomy for other reasons. The aim of this study was to diagnose bladder injury in polytrauma patients as early as possible, taking into consideration the fact that these patients are hemodynamically unstable and require rapid evaluation and management. In order to achieve our objective, we used bedside sonography with retrograde instillation of normal saline to diagnose bladder injury in addition to use of the conventional retrograde cystogram. Dove Medical Press 2010-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3818878/ /pubmed/24198615 Text en © 2010 Karim et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Karim, Tanweer Topno, Margaret Sharma, Vinod Picardo, Raymond Hastir, Ankur |
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Bladder injuries frequently missed in polytrauma patients |
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Bladder injuries frequently missed in polytrauma patients |
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Bladder injuries are very common in patients who have had road traffic accidents. The method of diagnosis and management of such injuries is well established and accepted. However, trauma to the bladder can be associated with other life-threatening injuries which are frequently missed, and often diagnosed during laparotomy for other reasons. The aim of this study was to diagnose bladder injury in polytrauma patients as early as possible, taking into consideration the fact that these patients are hemodynamically unstable and require rapid evaluation and management. In order to achieve our objective, we used bedside sonography with retrograde instillation of normal saline to diagnose bladder injury in addition to use of the conventional retrograde cystogram. |
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818878/ |
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