Pelvic Fractures and the Unstable Patient
Pelvic Fractures and the Unstable Patient
Pelvic Fractures and the Unstable Patient
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Diagnosis of Fracture<br />
• Salvino 1992 Journal of Trauma<br />
779 awake <strong>and</strong> alert blunt trauma pts, all got<br />
AP pelvis<br />
743 negative physical exams, <strong>and</strong> no<br />
complaints of pelvic/hip pain<br />
0.4% rate of missed pelvic fractures<br />
3 simple anterior rami fractures requiring no<br />
intervention<br />
• AP pelvic film not necessary in <strong>the</strong> reliable,<br />
examinable patient
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