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Clinical Profiles of Patients who Undergone Emergency Angiographic Embolization at Emergency Department
Jong Hyo Sun, Jae Kwang Kim, Yong Su Lim, Jin Joo Kim, Jin Sung Jo, Sung Youl Hyun, Ho Sung Jeong, Hyuk Jun Yang, Gun Lee, Jeong Ho Kim
Journal of Trauma and Injury 2009;22(2):248-253
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1Department of Emergency Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Korea. yanghj@gilhospital.com
2Department of Radiology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Korea.

PURPOSE
Hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures represent therapeutic challenges for the trauma team. The authors of this article have studied the clinical profiles of the angiographic intervention population at the emergency department during four years (2005~2009) to develop clinical guidelines for preventing deaths due to multiple trauma and for predicting the prognosis during initial evaluation.
METHODS
We performed a retrospective review of 34 patients who had undergone angiographic interventions at the emergency department and compared the differences in clinical variables between survivors and non-survivors.
RESULTS
Representative values were compared between survivors and non-survivors : RTS (revised trauma score) 7.006 (6.376~7.841) vs. 6.128 (4.298~6.494), PRC (packed red cell) units 5.5 (2.0~11.0) vs. 15 (8.0~18.5), and lactate (mmol/L) 3.0 (1.0~7.0) vs. 8.5 (3.5~10.5). RTS (p<0.01) and PRC units before angiographic interventions (p=0.01) and lactate (p=0.02) had correlations to the final outcomes.
CONCLUSION
The availability of an angiographic suite and persistent hypotension after adequate fluid resuscitation for pelvic trauma are good indications of angiographic intervention for pelvic hemorrhage.

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