Abstract Introduction: The American Pediatric Surgical Association developed guidelines for
the management of haemodynamically stable children with hepatic or splenic injury, based …

Background/Purpose: The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) liver
injury grading system has been adopted in the management of pediatric hepatic injuries …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of operative versus nonoperative
management of blunt hepatic trauma in children including transfusion practices. We …

Background The aim of our study was to determine if the combination of physical
examination (PE), serum transaminases along with Focused Assessment with Sonography …

The purpose of this report is to compare a computed tomography (CT) injury severity scale
for hepatic and splenic injury with the following outcome measures: requirement for surgical …

Background: Previous studies have suggested that there are cut-off values for liver function
tests (LFTs) beneath which significant liver injury can be excluded after blunt abdominal …

Purpose. To evaluate the utility of routine follow-up computed tomography (CT) and/or
ultrasound (US) scans in children with blunt hepatic trauma initially managed non …

Purpose: The objective of this study is to determine if grade of liver injury predicts outcome
after blunt hepatic trauma in children and to initiate analysis of current management …

BACKGROUND: Controversy surrounds the need for ICU admission, prolonged bed rest,
and the duration of activity restrictions for children sustaining blunt trauma. Adult literature …

Because CT is now used to assess the extent of abdominal injury after blunt trauma, children
with hepatic injury often can be treated nonsurgically. We used a CT grading system to …