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Abdominal trauma. Abdominal trauma is an injury to the abdomen. Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, tenderness, rigidity, and bruising of the external abdomen. Complications may include blood loss and infection . Diagnosis may involve ultrasonography, computed tomography, and peritoneal lavage, and treatment may involve surgery. [1]
In the United States guns are a more common method of homicide (9,484 versus 1,897 for stabbing or cutting in 2008). Stab wounds occur four times more than gunshot wounds in the United Kingdom, but the mortality rate associated with stabbing has ranged from 0-4% as 85% of injuries sustained from stab wounds only affect subcutaneous tissue.
The extent of the injury and the age of the injured person may contribute to the likelihood of complications. Infection of wounds is a common complication in traumatic injury, resulting in diagnoses such as pneumonia or sepsis. Wound infection prevents the healing process from taking place and can cause further damage to the body.
Incisional hernias are usually caused by a weakness of the surgical wounds, which may be caused by hematoma, seroma, or infection, all of which result in decreased wound healing. They may also be caused by increased intra-abdominal pressure due to a chronic cough (as in COPD ), constipation, urinary obstruction (as in BPH ), pregnancy, or ...
Major trauma is any injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death. [1] There are many causes of major trauma, blunt and penetrating, including falls, motor vehicle collisions, stabbing wounds, and gunshot wounds. Depending on the severity of injury, quickness of management, and transportation to an appropriate medical ...
15–40% mortality rate. Diaphragmatic rupture (also called diaphragmatic injury or tear) is a tear of the diaphragm, the muscle across the bottom of the ribcage that plays a crucial role in breathing. Most commonly, acquired diaphragmatic tears result from physical trauma. Diaphragmatic rupture can result from blunt or penetrating trauma and ...
Open wound of lower limb (890–897) 890 Open wound of hip and thigh. 891 Open wound of knee, leg (except thigh), and ankle. 892 Open wound of foot except toe (s) alone. 893 Open wound of toe (s) 894 Multiple and unspecified open wound of lower limb. 895 Traumatic amputation of toe (s) 896 Traumatic amputation of foot.
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage. Other names. Diagnostic peritoneal aspiration. ICD-9-CM. 54.25. MeSH. D010533. [ edit on Wikidata] Diagnostic peritoneal lavage ( DPL) or diagnostic peritoneal aspiration ( DPA) is a surgical diagnostic procedure to determine if there is free floating fluid (most often blood) in the abdominal cavity.