Polytrauma management - What is new and what is true in 2020 ?
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2021-01
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Pape, H. C.
Leenen, L. P.H.
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Abstract
This is a review of changes in the practice of treating polytrauma managemtent within the years prior to 2020. It focuses on five different topics, 1. The development of an evidence based definition of Polytrauma, 2. Resuscitation Associated Coagulopathy (RAC), 3. neutrophil guided initial resuscitation, 4. perioperative Scoring to evaluate patients at risk, and 5. evolution of fracture fixation strategies according to protocols1,2 (Early total care, ETC, damage control orthopedics, DCO, early appropriate care, EAC, safe definitive surgery, SDS).
Keywords
Damage control orthopedics, Multiple injuries, Polytrauma, Safe definitive surgery, Scores, Severe trauma, Taverne, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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Pape, H C & Leenen, L 2021, 'Polytrauma management - What is new and what is true in 2020 ?', Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 88-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2020.10.006