Polytrauma Management
A 28-year-old motorcyclist is brought to the emergency department after a high-speed collision. He has bilateral femoral shaft fractures, a pelvic ring injury, and a closed head injury with GCS 12. BP is 85/60 despite 2L crystalloid. Temperature is 35.2°C and pH 7.18. Regarding polytrauma management and damage control orthopaedics:
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The "lethal triad" in polytrauma consists of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy; these are self...
Damage control orthopaedics is indicated when patients demonstrate physiological instability: base d...
Definitive internal fixation should always be performed immediately in polytrauma regardless of phys...
Early Total Care (ETC) with immediate definitive fixation is appropriate for stable patients without...
Conversion from external fixation to definitive internal fixation should occur within 2 weeks to min...
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