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Polytrauma: Pathophysiology, Priorities, and Management

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Polytrauma is a syndrome of multiple injuries exceeding a defined severity (Injury Severity Score [ISS] ≥ 17) with sequential systemic reactions that can lead to dysfunction or failure of remote organs and vital systems, which have not themselves been directly injured.

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  1. Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Department of Trauma Surgery, University of Zurich, Klusweg 18, Zurich, 8032, Switzerland

    Otmar Trentz MD

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  1. Dept. of Traumatology, Academic Teaching Hospital Celle, Celle, Germany

    Hans-Jörg Oestern

  2. University of Zurich Department of Trauma Surgery, Zürich, Switzerland

    Otmar Trentz

  3. Klinische Abt. Allgemeinchirurgie, Medizinische Universität Graz Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Graz, Austria

    Selman Uranues

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Trentz, O. (2014). Polytrauma: Pathophysiology, Priorities, and Management. In: Oestern, HJ., Trentz, O., Uranues, S. (eds) General Trauma Care and Related Aspects. European Manual of Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88124-7_5

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