<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Due to the changes in major trauma epidemiology, the management of thoracoabdominal trauma evolved in time. The thoracoabdominal major lesions were treated in the past by emergency laparotomy or tocachotomy. The morbidity associated with nontherapeutic laparotomies or thoracotomies lead to an increase of using conservative ways of treatment. We accomplished a retrospective study in which we included 234 patients, all of them diagnosed with thoracoabdominal trauma who were hospitalized in the General Surgery Ward. The objective of this study is to determine whether there is a correlation between the value of hematocrit and hemoglobin at patient admission and the values at discharge, in patients who required blood transfusion during hospitalization.</p></abstract>

Due to the changes in major trauma epidemiology, the management of thoracoabdominal trauma evolved in time. The thoracoabdominal major lesions were treated in the past by emergency laparotomy or tocachotomy. The morbidity associated with nontherapeutic laparotomies or thoracotomies lead to an increase of using conservative ways of treatment. We accomplished a retrospective study in which we included 234 patients, all of them diagnosed with thoracoabdominal trauma who were hospitalized in the General Surgery Ward. The objective of this study is to determine whether there is a correlation between the value of hematocrit and hemoglobin at patient admission and the values at discharge, in patients who required blood transfusion during hospitalization.

The Abdominal Traumatized Patient between Emergency Service and Discharge

Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu-Mureş

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Due to the changes in major trauma epidemiology, the management of thoracoabdominal trauma evolved in time. The thoracoabdominal major lesions were treated in...

The Abdominal Traumatized Patient between Emergency Service and Discharge

Published Online: Aug 03, 2020

Page range: 42 - 44

Received: Apr 25, 2020

Accepted: Jun 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0028

Keywords
thoracoabdominal trauma, hematocrit, hemoglobin, blood transfusion

© 2018 Alexandru Laslo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Abdominal Traumatized Patient between Emergency Service and Discharge

Published Online: Aug 03, 2020

Page range: 42 - 44

Received: Apr 25, 2020

Accepted: Jun 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0028

Keywordsthoracoabdominal trauma, hematocrit, hemoglobin, blood transfusion

© 2018 Alexandru Laslo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
thoracoabdominal trauma, hematocrit, hemoglobin, blood transfusion