The Importance of Multidisciplinary Approach in Intensive Care Unit: Conservative Management of Two Cases Following Isolated Splenic Rupture Due to Blunt Abdominal InjuryÖznur Uludağ1, Sadık Çağ2, Ali H. Baykan3, Ülkü Sabuncu1, Hatice Kuşderci11Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Adiyaman University Research and Educational Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey. 2Department of General Surgery Adiyaman University Research and Educational Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey. 3Department of Radiological Adiyaman University Research and Educational Hospital, Adiyaman, Turkey.
In the recent years, treatment strategy for hemodynamically stable patients with splenic trauma has changed to nonoperative therapy as a result of the increased quality of intensive care units (ICUs) and advances in imaging techniques for the diagnosis of the solid-organ traumas. This case report presented the conservative approach for two patients who had isolated splenic trauma in the ICU. The report was aimed to emphasize the importance of multidisciplinary approach in ICUs to increase the quality of service provided. Keywords: Conservative treatment, intensive care, multidisciplinary approach, splenic rupture
Öznur Uludağ, Sadık Çağ, Ali H. Baykan, Ülkü Sabuncu, Hatice Kuşderci. The Importance of Multidisciplinary Approach in Intensive Care Unit: Conservative Management of Two Cases Following Isolated Splenic Rupture Due to Blunt Abdominal Injury. Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 2015; 23(4): 161-164
Corresponding Author: Öznur Uludağ, Türkiye |
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