Unstable Pelvic Trauma Patient: ED Presentations, Evaluation, and Management
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JUNE 3, 2023
5 Initial Evaluation The key to the initial resuscitation of the unstable pelvic trauma patient is to rapidly identify and treat the most life-threatening pathology. Limb-length discrepancy is not often apparent in pelvic fractures and would be more suggestive of a femoral fracture or dislocation. Figure 2: Open book pelvic fracture.
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