Early Predictors of Mortality in Hemodynamically Unstable Pelvis Fractures

Wade Smith, Allison E. Williams, Juan Fernando Agudelo, Michael Shannon, Steven J. Morgan, Phillip Stahel, Ernest E. Moore

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma · 2007 · 220 citations · 16 references

Abstract

Predictors of mortality in pelvis fracture patients should be available early in the course of treatment in order to be useful. Death within 24 hours was most often a result of acute blood loss while death after 24 hours was most often caused by MOF. Improved survival will depend upon the evolution of early hemorrhage control and resuscitative strategies in patients at high mortality risk.

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