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- P A Tibbs, A B Young, B A Bivins, and C R Sachatello.
- J Trauma. 1980 Jan 1; 20 (1): 55-7.
AbstractLoss of sensory, motor, and reflex function during spinal shock obscures the usual signs of significant blunt abdominal trauma. In a retrospective study of ten acutely quadriplegic patients, initial physical findings, vital signs, and hematocrit determinations were not found to be helpful in detecting intra-abdominal injury. Diagnostic peritoneal lavage was an accurate indicator of the presence or absence of significant intraperitoneal hemorrhage in all ten cases in this series.
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