Traumatic shock in multiple fractures of bones of the limbs in children
Rusakov, A.B.; Iakovenko, L.M.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 133(8): 103-105
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 6495506 Document Number: 235304
An analysis of 11230 case histories of children aged to 15 who had fractures of the extremity bones has shown multiple fractures of the extremity bones in 3% of the patients. It was established that traumatic shock in children with multiple fractures of the extremities was diagnosed in 14,1% (I degree--in 51%, II--in 42,6% and III--in 6,4%). The article concerns the incidence and severity of shock in children of different age groups as well as fractures of bones of various character and localization.