Predictors of transfer from a remote trauma facility to an urban level I trauma center for blunt splenic injuries: a retrospective observational multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The decision-making for admission versus emergent transfer of patients with blunt splenic injuries presenting to remote trauma centers with limited resources remains a challenge. Although splenectomy is standard for hemodynamically unstable patients, the specific criterion for non-operative management continues to be debated. Often, lower-level trauma centers do not have interventional radiology capabilities for splenic artery embolization, leading to transfer to a higher level of a care. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify specific characteristics of patients with blunt splenic injuries used for admittance or transfer at a remote trauma center.

Methods

A retrospective observational study was performed to examine the management of splenic injuries at a mou

SUBMITTER: McGraw C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9463793 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature