Citation

Bardier M, Moreno C, Thillaye du Boullay C, Gaubert JH, Lombard F, Gaubert J. Chir. Pediatr. 1984; 25(6): 293-304.

Vernacular Title

Les enfants polytraumatises. A propos de 76 observations.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Masson Editeur)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6518611

Abstract

Polytraumatisms in the child are relatively unfrequent, less severe, and get a lower rate of deaths compared with polytraumatisms in the adult. The indirect traumatism, being most frequent, is explained by projection and ejection. Direct traumatism is scacre. A classification in 4 types is proposed: type I: visceral polytraumatised child, type II: multiple fractured one, type III: mixed visceral and multiple fractured one, type IV: the crippled one. Cranial trauma has to be noticed as being a constant one. The relative unfrequency of spine, belly and thoracic injuries; the most frequent happening of peripheral traumatisms; the severeness of mutilations are emphasised. Multiple fractured children are healed with very remaining mutilations; the social and economic load is heavy; the pophylactics hypothetical.

Language: fr