The epidemiology of traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta in children: a 13-year review. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta (TRA) is a rare but highly lethal injury in children that occurs as a result of car versus pedestrian accidents and motor vehicle accidents. TRA is often associated with life-threatening injuries to other organ systems. Therefore children with TRA like adults sustaining TRA must be treated urgently but systematically. The rarity of this injury makes it all the more important for physicians treating pediatric trauma victims to be cognizant of the importance of the injury and the clinical and radiographic signs. Even when TRA is promptly recognized in children it is associated with a high in-hospital mortality. The proper use of child restraint systems and adherence to the 55 M.P.H. speed limit may be important factors in reducing the mortality of TRA in children after MVA.

publication date

  • August 1, 1990

Research

keywords

  • Aorta, Thoracic

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0025151094

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/00005373-199008000-00007

PubMed ID

  • 2388309

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 30

issue

  • 8