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Emergency casebook
Pancreatic trauma in a child
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A 7 year old boy presented to the accident and emergency (A&E) department with an abdominal injury after a fall onto a bedpost while playing. He initially felt “dizzy” and went to bed but was brought to A&E six hours after the fall complaining of abdominal pain. On initial assessment he was pale and clammy with a capillary refill time of four seconds. Heart rate was …