Introduction Trimodal model of trauma mortality • — death within minutes of injury• — ‘early death’, i.e. death within hours of arrival to hospital• — ‘late death’, i.e. death after 24 hours of trauma (days to weeks post injury) =====Further reading: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603725/#:~:text=The%20first%20peak%20in%20the,after%20arrival%20to%20the%20hospital. Polytrauma • A clinical syndrome with severe injuries, involving two or more major […]
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Risk Factors • History of thromboembolism / Inherited thrombophilia• • • Malignancy• Active inflammation• Pregnancy / COCP / HRT Investigations Blood • D-Dimer : Cardiac USG for massive acute pulmonary embolism : – right ventricle with of right ventricular apex – right ventricular wall– —–• is no longer a reliable sign for pulmonary embolism —–Relevant […]
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