Assessment and Management of Pediatric Trauma
Module 5: Pediatric Blunt Abdominal and Chest Trauma
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National guidelines: liver and spleen injury

Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma-EAST: non-operative management of blunt liver and spleen injuries is the treatment modality of choice in hemodynamically stable adult and pediatric patients, irrespective of injury grade.
American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA): only grade IV injuries mandate ICU admission in experienced centers

 

Table for spleen / liver injury in pediatric patients
Module 5: Pediatric Blunt Abdominal and Chest Trauma