Saverio Latteri1,2, Giulia Malaguarnera3, Maurizio Mannino1, Antonio Pesce4, Giuseppe Currò5, Stefania Tamburrini6, Mario Scuderi7. 1. Emergency Department A.O.E. Cannizzaro-Catania, U.O.C. General Surgery Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy. 2. Operative Unit of General Surgery, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy. 3. Research Center "The Great Senescence", University of Catania, Catania, Italy. 4. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Catania, Italy. 5. Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. 6. ASL NA1 Napoli Centre-UOC Diagnostic Imaging, PO Pellegrini, 80134 Naples, Italy. 7. Emergency Department A.O.E. Cannizzaro-Catania, U.O.S. Diagnostic Ultrasound in Emergency-Specialist School SIUMB Urgency-Emergency, Catania, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Traumatic injuries constitute a major risk for patients in emergency units. Point-of-care ultrasound may be a determinant in reducing the deleterious impact of complications and in prognosis. METHODS: We describe the case of a 28-year-old female who reported cranial trauma, abdominal and thoracic trauma, and suspected bilateral fracture of the femur. RESULTS: Ultrasound was useful for evaluating and monitoring multiple organ failure. CONCLUSION: Combining cost-effective advantages with bedside real-time imaging, ultrasound is a powerful adjunct to standard clinical assessment in the management of polytrauma when it is administered at the point of care.
PURPOSE: Traumatic injuries constitute a major risk for patients in emergency units. Point-of-care ultrasound may be a determinant in reducing the deleterious impact of complications and in prognosis. METHODS: We describe the case of a 28-year-old female who reported cranial trauma, abdominal and thoracic trauma, and suspected bilateral fracture of the femur. RESULTS: Ultrasound was useful for evaluating and monitoring multiple organ failure. CONCLUSION: Combining cost-effective advantages with bedside real-time imaging, ultrasound is a powerful adjunct to standard clinical assessment in the management of polytrauma when it is administered at the point of care.
Authors: P S Wells; D R Anderson; M Rodger; J S Ginsberg; C Kearon; M Gent; A G Turpie; J Bormanis; J Weitz; M Chamberlain; D Bowie; D Barnes; J Hirsh Journal: Thromb Haemost Date: 2000-03 Impact factor: 5.249
Authors: Stefania Marconi; Luigi Pugliese; Marta Botti; Andrea Peri; Emma Cavazzi; Saverio Latteri; Ferdinando Auricchio; Andrea Pietrabissa Journal: Surg Endosc Date: 2017-03-09 Impact factor: 4.584