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Nonoperative Management of Grade IV Liver Injury for Elderly Patient

Open Access
|Nov 2014

Abstract

According to current conventional practice 80% to 90% of hepatic injuries can be safely managed without operation. (2) Previously conservative management of the hepatic injuries were recommended for hemodynamically stable patients who did not require blood transfusion and number of trauma centres strongly recommended conservative strategy in alert patient who are able to cooperate with physical examination. However recent experience shows that the key factor in determining whether non-operative management (NOM) can be safely used is hemodynamic stability (HD) of the patient.(5)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/chilat-2014-0109 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5737 | Journal ISSN: 1407-981X
Language: English
Page range: 41 - 42
Published on: Nov 24, 2014
Published by: Riga Stradins University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2014 Solvita Stabina, Guntars Pupelis, Reinis Laguns, Aleksejs Kaminskis, published by Riga Stradins University
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