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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Liver Trauma: Management in the Emergency Setting and Medico-Legal Implications.

Angela Saviano, Veronica Ojetti, Christian Zanza, Francesco Franceschi, Yaroslava Longhitano, Ermelinda Martuscelli, Aniello Maiese, Gianpietro Volonnino, Giuseppe Bertozzi, Michela Ferrara and 1 more

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Angela SavianoDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Policlinico Gemelli/IRCCS University of Catholic of Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2820-7180
Veronica OjettiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Policlinico Gemelli/IRCCS University of Catholic of Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8953-0707
Christian ZanzaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Policlinico Gemelli/IRCCS University of Catholic of Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Francesco FranceschiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Policlinico Gemelli/IRCCS University of Catholic of Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Yaroslava LonghitanoFoundation "Ospedale Alba-Bra Onlus"-Department of Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Michele and Pietro Ferrero Hospital, 12060 Verduno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8831-1361
Ermelinda MartuscelliDepartment of Emergency Medicine-Section of Anesthesia and Critical Care, San Giacomo Hospital-Novi Ligure, 15067 Novi Ligure, Italy.
Aniello MaieseDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Medical, Molecular and Critical Area, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Gianpietro VolonninoDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3178-0797
Giuseppe BertozziDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71100 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8179-1072
Michela FerraraDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Raffaele La RussaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71100 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3433-7122
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITOspedale San Giacomo Apostolo · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITUniversity of Pisa · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic abdominal injuries are life-threatening emergencies frequently seen in the Emergency Department (ED). The most common is liver trauma, which accounts for approximately 5% of all ED admissions for trauma. The management of blunt liver trauma has evolved significantly over the past few decades and, according to the injury's severity, it may require massive resuscitation, radiological procedures, endoscopy, or surgery. Patients admitted to the ED with blunt abdominal trauma require a multidisciplinary evaluation, including emergency physicians, surgeons, radiologists, and anesthetists, who must promptly identify the extent of the injury to prevent serious complications. In case of a patient's death, the execution of a forensic examination carried out with a multidisciplinary approach (radiological, macroscopic, and histological) is essential to understand the cause of death and to correlate the extent of the injuries to the possibility of survival to be able to manage any medico-legal disputes. This manuscript aims to collect the most up-to-date evidence regarding the management of hepatic trauma in the emergency room and to explore radiological findings and medico-legal implications.

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bleedingblunt abdominal traumaemergency departmentliver traumaWSES

Identifiers

PMID35741266
PMCPMC9221646
OpenAlexW4282827880

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