Hemorrhagic shock in pediatric trauma patients remains a challenging yet preventable
cause of death. There is little high-quality evidence available to guide specific aspects of …

BACKGROUND Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death in children and adolescents.
Hemorrhagic shock remains a common and preventable cause of death in the pediatric …

BACKGROUND Trauma is the leading cause of death in children, and most deaths occur
within 24 hours of injury. A better understanding of the causes of death in the immediate …

Hemorrhagic shock is the leading cause of death after injury, the major cause of potentially
preventable deaths and one of the leading cause of death in young people. Massive …

Hemorrhagic shock has been studied extensively in the adult population, but evidence is
lacking in the pediatric population. Unlike adults, pediatric patients tolerate hypovolemia …

Objective Uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock is a significant factor in death of severe multiple
trauma patients. The acute management of injured bleeding in emergency department (ED) …

Objectives: Explain the definition of shock. Summarize the evaluation of hemorrhagic shock.
Outline management options available for the treatment of hemorrhagic shock. Identify some …

Evidence for changes in adult trauma management often precedes evidence for changes in
pediatric trauma management. Many adult trauma centers have adopted damage-control …

The improved understanding of trauma-induced coagulopathy in adults has led to an
evolution in the strategies of damage-control resuscitation. While its impact on the care of …

Shock in childhood is most commonly related to injury and blood loss, but hemodynamic
compromise is occasionally caused by severe head or spinal injury, tension pneumothorax …