Journal of pediatric surgery
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Comparative Study
Clinical recognition and management of pediatric blunt abdominal trauma without ultrasound or computed tomography scan in community hospitals in Mexico.
The aim of this study was to characterize the evaluation and clinical course of children with blunt abdominal trauma in second-level hospitals. ⋯ Recognition of blunt abdominal trauma in children may be complicated by associated multisystem injury. Systematic evaluation minimizes missed diagnosis and facilitates rapid and effective treatment. The benefit of data acquired from a good ABCD assessment, PTS, GCS, clinical and radiological, and DPL evaluation, facilitates the decision to conduct a rapid laparotomy, and they help to predict the outcome of this kind of patient.