ABSTRACTS FOR CONSIDERATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMA, FREE PAPER SESSION 1
Abstracts for Considerations in the Management of Trauma, Free Paper Session 1, Wednesday 16 September 14.30–15.15, Great HallRole of interventional radiology in multitrauma patients: a retrospective cross-sectional study
University Hospital Coventry
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Aims
To establish the number of multitrauma patients who would benefit from a vascular interventional radiologist being on the trauma team at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, a level 1 trauma centre.
Methods
All "multitrauma CTs" (CT scan of the head, C-spine, thorax, abdomen and pelvis) requested through the emergency department over a 1-year period were evaluated to identify patients who had signs of active arterial bleeding. From the CT images and the history, a consultant vascular radiologist was asked to select those patients who would have been offered interventional radiology (specifically embolisation, use of covered stents and balloon occlusion) if the service was available. Clinical notes were then consulted to discover how they were managed at the time and whether or not they would have benefited from immediate radiological intervention.
Results
277 "multitrauma CTs"
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