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Polytrauma in Young Children

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Traumatic injuries are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in children up to the age of 14 years. Most of these deaths occur as a result of a combination of severe head, thoracic, abdominal, and/or skeletal trauma. Severe head injury is associated with the highest morbidity and mortality rates. Significant trauma in children up to the age of 5 years is most often caused by a fall from height at home.

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  1. Kindertraumatologie, Kinderchirurgie der LMU München, Lindwurmstr. 4, D-80337, München, Germany

    Hans Georg Dietz

  2. Department of Trauma Surgery, University of Aachen Medical Center, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Roman Pfeifer & Hans-Christoph Pape

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  1. Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, Aachen, 52057, Germany

    Hans-Christoph Pape

  2. Florida Orthopaedic Institute, N. Telecom Parkway 13020, Temple Terrace, 33637, Florida, USA

    Roy Sanders

  3. Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, University of Texas, Harry Hines Blvd. 5323, Dallas, 75390, Texas, USA

    Joseph Borrelli, Jr.

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Dietz, H.G., Pfeifer, R., Pape, HC. (2011). Polytrauma in Young Children. In: Pape, HC., Sanders, R., Borrelli, Jr., J. (eds) The Poly-Traumatized Patient with Fractures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17986-0_16

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