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WHO’S WATCHING THE KIDS?
BASIC PEDIATRIC TRAUMA
Michael J. Allshouse, DO, FACS, FAAP
Medical Director
Pediatric Surgery and Trauma Program Valley Children’s Hospital
2017 TUCKER REDFERN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA SYMPOSIUM
I have nothing to disclose
Financial Disclosure: I have nothing to disclose… No financial conflict of interest
WHAT’S NEW FROM THE COT AND ATLS?
PEDIATRIC SURGERY AND ITS ROOTS IN TRAUMA HALIFAX HARBOR EXPLOSION OF A CANADIAN MUNITIONS SHIP RESULTED IN NUMEROUS SERIOUS INJURIES. WILLIAM LADD, MD, LED A GROUP OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS WHO TRAVELED TO HELP WITH THE FIRST D.M.A.T. DR. LADD LATER INITIATED THE FIRST PEDIATRIC SURGICAL PROGRAM. TODAY, ROUGHLY 75% OF NORTH AMERICAN PEDIATRIC SURGEONS CAN TRACE THEIR PROFESSIONAL LINEAGE TO THAT PROGRAM.
LITTLE HUMANS CAUSING BIG PROBLEMS FOR SOCIETY
• 3 BILLION DOLLARS IN LIFETIME MEDICAL COSTS
• 30 % DROP IN CHILDHOOD DEATHS 2000 – 2009 BUT STILL, > 9000 KIDS DIE EACH YEAR
• 25 DEATHS/ DAY – AGRICULTURE RELATED DEATH EVERY 3
DAYS • 37% OF ALL POST INFANT CHILDHOOD
DEATHS • 47% OF THE YPLL
Pediatric Trauma is an Epidemic
• 12,000 children and teenagers will die as the result of injury – > 60% of all pediatric deaths – For every child who dies, 40 more are
hospitalized and 1120 are treated in EDs
• 50,000 children suffer permanent disabilities each year, most of which are the result of head injuries
• $16 billion are spent annually caring for injuries to children between birth and 16 yrs
Children’s Safety Network, 1996
National & Global Injury Burden
• In US, 12,000 deaths annually – 30 children per
day • >150,000 hospitalizations • 10 – 20% result in permanent disability • Worldwide, each year about 875,000 children are
killed • There are 10 to 30 million non-fatal injuries
globally
Gentlemen, Rest your sphincters!
Mechanism of Injury
• Blunt
• Penetrating
Blunt
Blunt wounding mechanism
• Lap belts, seat belts
• Fists and feet
• Handlebars
• Large angry bovine and equine beasts
Penetrating
How Big is the Problem of penetrating injury?
• 10% of most major pediatric trauma center admissions
• Up to 7% are GSW’s • NTDB 2003 had penetrating mechanism as 20%
of all injuries and led to 20% of deaths in those < 19 years old
• Overall lethality roughly 3X that of blunt mechanism
Wounding Mechanism
• GSW – highest mortality. 10 deaths/day in USA • Shotgun • Air rifles – you can put more than your eye out • Knives • Impalement • Foreign bodies – ingested and inserted • Non accidental trauma • Recreational equipment
RISK FACTORS FOR PEDIATRIC INJURY
• Poverty • Frequent family household moves • Single parent • Household crowding • Other siblings • Child aggression, impulsiveness, ADHD • Poor maternal health – physical and mental • Marital discord • Child abuse and neglect • Inadequate adult supervision linked to 43% of deaths
in Alaska and Louisiana studies
Who is at risk?
• Males – biology, risky behavior, gender socialization, cognitive
• Socioeconomic status more important than race or ethnicity
• Exposure to hazardous activity or environmental circumstances
The INFAMOUS “Y” CHROMOSOME SOURCE OF “FRAGILE Y SYNDROME”
CHILDHOOD INJURY
• PREDICTABLE
• PREVENTABLE – C. EVERETT KOOP MD, 1985:
• “ MOST INJURIES TO PEOPLE, AND NEARLY ALL INJURIES TO CHILDREN, CAN BE PREDICTED AND CAN BE PREVENTED.”
J. CAIRNS SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN 1985
• “The ONLY intervention ever known to reduce the aggregate mortality for a disease – any disease - at a population level was PREVENTION”
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
“ IN THE FIRST PLACE, AS AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE, I WOULD ADVISE ‘EM TO TAKE CARE HOW THEY SUFFER LIVING COALS IN A FULL SHOVEL, TO BE CARRIED OUT OF ONE ROOM INTO ANOTHER, OR UP OR DOWN STAIRS, UNLESS IN A WARMINGPAN SHUT; FOR SCRAPS OF FIRE MAY FALL INTO THE CHINKS AND MAKE ON APPEARANCE UNTIL MIDNIGHT; WHEN YOUR STAIRS BEING IN FLAMES, YOU MAY BE FORCED, (AS I ONCE WAS) TO LEAP OUT OF YOUR WINDOWS, AND HAZARD YOUR NECKS TO AVOID BEING OVEN-ROASTED.”
HOW ARE WE DOING SO FAR?
• Baldwin et al. “ While child injury death rates declined by 29% from 2000 to 2009, annual number of deaths (9143 in 2009) remains unacceptably high.
• On the rise: suffocation (UP 54%), poisoning (UP 50% - prescription drugs), ATV’s, bounce houses
• Overall injury rates down close to 50% according to SAFEKIDS
• LOWEST DEATH RATES = MA AND NJ < 5 per 100,000
• HIGHEST = MS AND SC > 23 per 100,000
TRAUMA IN CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY What is the problem? • Injury is the leading cause of death in young
people between the ages of 1 and 18. • Approximately 8% of US children are classified
as disabled – As high as 20% of children <18 y.o. have a chronic
physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional condition requiring greater than usual level of health related services!
» Newachek PW et al Pediatrics 1998
Who is at Greatest Risk?
• Disabled children perceived as less valuable and without feelings
• Study ranking order of “acceptability” of disabilities: – Cognitive impairment and CP = least – Blind, speech defect, seizures, LD = medium – Amputations and cognitively competent in
wheelchairs = Most acceptable
Trimodal distribution of trauma related death
• 1st Peak: CNS, Central vasculature injury – Solution = prevention
• 2nd Peak: CNS mass lesion, SOI, Chest injury
– Solution = Resuscitation, definitive care, ATLS
• 3rd Peak: less common in kids. Death from MODS rare. Long term disability is not
Importance of prehospital care
• Injury adjusted death rate for children 2X that for adults
• Survival OOH cardiac arrest ½ that of adults • ET intubation failure as high as 50% • Trauma is the most common reason for
ambulance transport but is <10% of total paramedic volume in most metropolitan regions
• Helicopter over triage is 18 – 20 %
PHYSICAL STIGMATA OF CHILD MALTREATMENT
Background: Golden Hour
• Small infants and children – Platinum half-hour – Initial period of stability is significantly
shorter as age decreases • Primary survey
– Life-threatening events identified and treated
• Resuscitation phase • Secondary survey
– Examination from head to foot • Tertiary examination
– Rehabilitation needs
Mechanism of Injury: effects on injury patterns
Mechanism Patterns of Injury MVC unrestrained multiple trauma, head,
neck air bag head, neck, facial,
ocular restrained torso, head, neck,
spine
Anatomy : Pediatric versus Adult
• Proportionally larger and heavier head • Weaker and underdeveloped neck musculature • Higher center of gravity
– Pediatric : C2-C3 – Adult: lower cervical vertebrae
• Greater elasticity and laxity of ligaments in children
• More horizontal orientation of facet joints
Anatomic Variants in Children
• Airway size, caliber and length • Head/neck size and relationship to airway • Bony thorax • Mediastinum and great vessel mobility • Lung parenchyma • Heart
Physiologic difference too…
• Diminished FRC
• Rapid deoxygenation with apnea
• Increased oxygen consumption
• Rapid development of hypoxemia
Head and Neck Injuries
• TBI is the most common cause of death and in children.
• PTOS study – Kids with ISS > 15 had lower dependency scores
for feeding, locomotion, social interaction and expression categories if treated at PTC compared to ATC AQ
Unique anatomic features of children: effects on injury patterns
• Head – head size is
disproportionately larger – skull and scalp thinner
reduction in head size relative to body size
Injuries Unique to Children
• Central Nervous System – Most common isolated
system injured – The leading cause of
death among injured children
– Principal determinant of outcome
– Mortality from spinal fractures 54.5% in children vs. 20.5% in adults
Injuries Unique to Children
• Thoracic Injuries
– Second leading cause of death in childhood trauma
– Isolated thoracic injuries are relatively uncommon
– Significant intrathoracic injury may exist in the absence of external signs of trauma
Unique anatomic features of children
• Chest – increased flexibility – decreased
ossification – not well
muscularized – permits greater
energy transfer to internal organs
Unique anatomic features of children
• Abdomen – organs are larger,
exposed
– abdominal wall is thinner providing less protection
– reduced perinephric fat
Injuries Unique to Children
• Abdominal Injuries – Abdomen begins at the
nipple in children
– Rib cage does not provide adequate protection
– Underdeveloped abdominal muscles
– A minor force may result in a serious injury
– Relatively high incidence of liver and spleen injuries
Unique anatomic features of children
• Extremities – bones immature and flexible – fx at sites of weakness =
cartilagenous growth plates
fx may be present without deformity
Pelvic Fracture can be Life Threatening
pelvic ring disruption
expanding hematoma
iliac a. bleeding
Unique anatomic features of children
• Skin – surface area greater
in children relative to size and weight
at risk for hypothermia
which mimics hypovolemic shock
Unique anatomic features of children
80-90% of visceral injury due to blunt trauma
and the site of occult blood loss
Unique anatomic features of children
• Spinal Column – high energy transfer with
• axial loading of spine or • extreme flexion /extension
– weak muscles, ligaments lax
young: high cervical fx
adolescent: low cervical fx
What makes children vulnerable?
• Age pattern • Communication skills • Inability to protect themselves • Anatomic and physiologic differences
– Abdominal wall musculature – Lack of protection of visceral contents – Delay in seeking care
Initial Trauma Assessment: ABCDE
• Airway – obstruction
• soft tissue • blood • vomit • loss of reflexes
– immobilize c-spine
Children = increased lymphoid tissue, floppy tongue,
and subglottic narrowing predispose to obstruction
Initial Trauma Assessment: ABCDE
• Breathing – look, listen, feel
• loss of CNS drive – head injury – intoxication
• restriction – rib fractures
• chest injury – pulmonary
contusion – pneumothorax
Hypoxemia
• PaO2/FiO2 < 150 • PaO2 < 60 – 65 or SaO2 < 90% • Apnea or cyanosis • Really a relative term
–The injured brain initially needs all of the oxygen it can get
Initial Trauma Assessment: ABCDE
hildren = significant injury can occur in absence of visible traum
Initial Trauma Assessment: ABCDE
• Circulation – Assessment of
end organ perfusion
• level of consciousness
• skin / cap refill – Heart rate – Blood pressure Children = hypotension is an ominous finding
Primary Survey: ABCs
• A: Airway – Inability to establish and maintain a patent airway is
the most common cause of cardiorespiratory arrest
• B: Breathing • C: Circulation
– Assessing the circulation and obtaining hemorrhage control
– A rapid and accurate assessment of hemodynamic status is essential prior to further secondary evaluations
Background: Children
• Significant physiologic reserve
– Normal blood pressure even after sustaining significant blood loss
• Maintain cardiac output
– Reflex tachycardia
– Peripheral vasoconstriction
• Compensated Shock 0
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Background: Blood Loss / Shock
• Blood volume of a child
– 80 mL/kg
• Loss of > 25% can cause shock
– 20 mL/kg
– Signs of shock
• Heart rate levels off after 35 - 45% of blood volume loss
– Compensatory mechanisms fail
– Tachycardia Bradycardia
– Hypotension
– Irreversible shock
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Circulation: Hemorrhage Control
• External sources of blood loss
– Direct pressure
– No hemostats • Internal blood loss (occult)
– Chest
– Abdomen
– Long bone fractures
• Surgery is indicated if hemodynamic normality cannot be restored or maintained
Circulation: Response to Resuscitation
• Slowing of heart rate
• Increased pulse pressure
• Return of normal skin color
• Increased warmth of extremities
• Clearing of sensorium
• Increased systolic blood pressure
• Increased urinary output – 2cc/kg/hr in infants – 1cc/kg/hr in adolescents
Hypotension
• Age Dependent –Generally speaking… –70 + (age in years x 2) is the lowest
acceptable systolic pressure –Median (50th Percentile) SBP for
children older than 1 year: 90 + (2 x age in years)
Initial Trauma Assessment: ABCDE
• Disability – AVPU
• Alert • Verbal responsive • Pain responsive • Unresponsive
– Avoid 20 brain injury • oxygen, fluid resuscitation
– Avoid 20 spinal cord injury
• spine immobilization
Initial Trauma Assessment: ABCDE
• Exposure – Identify other major injuries – Control sites of bleeding – Splint Fractures
• Avoid hypothermia
– reduced body temperature impairs
• cognitive function • organ function • coagulation
– maintain temperature >360
The Secondary Survey: CNS
• Head injury most common • Classification
GCS 13-15 mild GCS 9-12
moderate GCS 3-8 severe
• CT scan indicated: – Abnormal GCS – History of loss of
consciousness > 5 min regardless of repeat GCS
• Actions: avoid secondary brain injury – Oxygen, fluid resuscitation – GCS<8 = maintain airway – +/- mannitol (1gm/kg)
TO CT OR NOT TO CT? LESS THAN AGE 2
OVER AGE 2…
The Secondary Survey: C-spine
• Spine injury should always be assumed until proven otherwise
• If head injury present,c-spine can only be cleared radiographically
• In the awake patient, suspect injury if: – guarding, stiffness, pain – tenderness, lateralizing
deficit
• Actions: – Immobilize c-spine – Do not remove helmet
C-spine Fracture is Potentially Lethal
0
20
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C1-C3 C4-C7 Mortality0-4 years 5-9 years10-14 years 15-18 years
Epidemiology of pediatric cervical spine injury: Age
• Mean age is 8-9 years old, 2:1 male to female • < 8 years old mainly, ligamentous injuries • > 8 years old mainly fractures • Infants under 1 year old with Cervical Spine
Injuries are rare, HOWEVER, they are probably more common in NAT than we originally suspected. Be suspicious
Mechanism
• MVC • Pedestrian struck • Falls • Struck • Hanging/clothesline injury • Sudden hyperextension/flexion • Violent cough, dog lifting, water sports
Who should be screened for cervical CV injury?
• Hemorrhage from mouth, nose ,ears or wounds with potential arterial origin
• Expanding cervical hematoma • Cervical bruit • Cerebral infarction on CT • Unexplained neuro exam, Horner’s, atypical
neuro exam (syndromic cord injury pattern: e.g. Brown-Sequard)
Screening, cont’d
• Asymptomatic – Severe hyperextension/rotation or flexion,
especially with displaced midface or mandibular fracture
– Near hanging – Seatbelt mark
Screening for Vertebral artery injury
• Cervical spine fractures – Subluxation – Fractures extending into the transverse foramen – Upper cervical involvement
The Secondary Survey: Chest
• Significant force can be transferred to intrathoracic structures
• Rib fractures or soft tissue trauma is an ominous finding
• Actions: – Administer Oxygen – ? Pneumothorax
• needle thoracostomy
Chest Injury is Potentially Lethal
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Lung PTX/HTX Rib Rx Mediastinum
FrequencyMortality
ED Thoracotomy
• Reserved for two categories of injured children
– Penetrating thoracic trauma and no vital signs in the ED
– Blunt injuries with loss of vital signs in the ED
Beaver et al, J Pediatr Surg, 1987
Thoracic Trauma Strata of Severity
• Immediate death – Cardiac rupture, commotio cordis, aortic rupture with
decompression • Quick death
– Tension pneumothorax, airway obstruction, massive hemothorax, cardiac tamponade, massive air embolism
• Delayed – MOSF/ARDS, Tracheobronchial injury, pulmonary
contusion
Cardiac Injury
• Blunt injury in children is Uncommon • ECHO, Troponin I • Air embolism
• COMMOTIO CORDIS
– Sudden, forceful blunt chest impact leading to dysrhythmia and sudden death
Penetrating Thoracic Trauma
• Vast majority treated by chest tube alone – < 15% require thoracotomy/sternotomy
• CXR is the fundamental examination – Mark entrance and exit sites
• 6-hour rule – Upright CXR after 6hrs with no PTX makes the
likelihood of delayed PTX or occult injury vanishingly small
• Open pneumothorax – Sucking chest wound – Occlusive dressing fixed on 3 sides – Chest tube
Frequency of Thoracic Injuries
Type of Injury Blunt (%) Penetrating (%)
Pulmonarycontusions/lacerations
53 29
Pneumothorax/hemothorax 38 64Rib/sternal fractures 36 8Cardiac 5 13Diaphragm 2 15Major blood vessals 1 10
Cooper et al, J Pediatr Surg, 1994
Musculoskeletal Thoracic Injury
• Rib fractures are indications of high kinetic energy injury
• Markers of severe injury – Greater than 2 ribs, <2 y.o.
• Location and type of fracture give clues to the etiology
• First, second ribs, scapula, sternal, spine fractures all are worthy of intense eval.
• Flail chest is rare in children
Pitfalls in Diagnosis of PTX
• Mainstem intubation
• Lumenal obstruction
• Gastric distention
• Diaphragmatic disruption
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX AND FLAIL CHEST
Pulmonary Contusion
• Probably the most common thoracic injury in kids • Vehicle passenger restraints reduce prevalence • Lower rate of associated bony injury, HTX or
great vessel injury than in adults • Compliant chest wall efficiently transmits energy
to the lungs • CT is VERY sensitive at identifying these injuries • > 30% lung involvement increases risk for
mechanical ventilation support.
Pulmonary Contusion
Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture
Injury to the Diaphragm
• Rare injury in children • Blunt force trauma, Lap-Belt injury, some
penetrating • Blunt injury
– 2/3 are on the Left side – Liver and spleen injuries in 75%
• Diagnosis – CXR, CT, Missed in 40-50% during acute eval
Traumatic Asphyxia
• Kids run over by cars • Closed glottis • Valveless great veins
in chest and neck • Associated chest
injury in 58%, fractures in 34% and abdominal injury in 11%
• CNS manifestations
Traumatic Asphyxia
• Unique injury to children related to compliance of the chest wall
• Dramatic physical presentation
– Cervical and facial petechial hemorrhages – Craniocervical cyanosis associated with
vascular engorgement – Subconjunctival hemorrhage
• Good prognosis
Traumatic Asphyxia
• Most commonly the result of blunt compressing thoracic trauma
– Sudden airway obstruction, closure of glottis – Abrupt retrograde high pressure in SVC
• Common associated injuries
– CNS – Pulmonary contusions – Intra-abdominal injuries
Gorestein et al, J Pediatr Surg, 1986
The Secondary Survey: Abdomen
• Abdominal Injury – 5% of children admitted
with blunt injury mechanism
– Risk Factors • High energy • Seat belt • Unexplained Shock • CNS injury, Pelvic
Fracture – Examination
• abdominal tenderness • hematuria
Mechanisms for Intra-abdominal Trauma
1. Motor vehicle collisions 2. Automobile vs pedestrian accidents 3. Falls 4. ATV 5. Handlebar injury from bicycle 6. Sports 7. Non-accidental trauma
CT is the imaging study of choice in the hemodynamically stable child
Splenic Laceration
CT is the imaging study of choice in the hemodynamically stable child
Liver
Laceration
CT is the imaging study of choice in the hemodynamically stable child
Renal
Injury
CT is the imaging study of choice in the hemodynamically stable child
Hollow Visceral Injury
CT is the imaging study of choice in the hemodynamically stable child
Pancreatic Transection
Take an Unstable Child to CT?
Who needs a CT abdomen?
• No abdominal wall trauma or seat belt sign • GCS > 13 • No abdominal tenderness • No thoracic wall tenderness
– Again the importance of anatomic characteristics • No c/o abdominal pain • No decreased breath sounds • No emesis • PECARN STUDY SAYS NO CT RECOMMENDED
Frequency of Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Injuries
• Spleen 27%
• Kidney 27%
• Liver 15%
• Pancreas 2%
Solid Organ Injury
• Treatment
• > 90% of hemodynamically stable pts successfully managed non-operatively
• Less than 10% require transfusion
AAST Splenic Injury Scale
17-yo boy injured on an ATV. Grade I injury with subcapsular fluid occupying less than
10% of spleen’s surface area.
AAST Splenic Injury Scale
17-yo girl injured in an MVC. Grade II injury with laceration involving less than 3 cm of
parenchymal depth
AAST Splenic Injury Scale
16-yo boy injured playing hockey. Fractured spleen involving more than 25%,
Grade IV splenic laceration
AAST Splenic Injury Scale
12-yo boy pedestrian struck by MV. Fractured spleen with hilar
devascularization. Grade V injury.
Splenic Trauma
• Complications • Pseudoaneurysms
• Often asymptomatic and resolve over time
• If treatment required, angiographic embolization may be used
• Also occur in liver trauma
A. Splenic pseudoaneurysm (arrowheads) after nonoperative treatment of blunt
splenic injury.
B. Successful angiographic embolization The microcatheter
used to deploy the coils is marked by the arrowheads and the embolic
coils are marked by the arrows.
Splenic injury
14 year old male, stepped on by a 1500 lb bull Chest protector
Contrast Blush - Spleen
• 216 Pts – 7 yrs
• 26 Pts – Contrast blush on CT scan
• Lower HgB
• More likely to need op (22% vs 4%) • Not a definite indication for operation, but indicates subset of pts who
have active bleeding and may need transfusion and/or operation
Blunt Splenic Injury
APSA Guidelines
CT GRADE I II III IV Days in ICU None None None 1 day Hospital stay 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days Predischarge imaging
None None None None
Postdischarge imaging
None None None None
Activity restrictions
3 weeks 4 weeks 5 weeks 6 weeks
From Stylianos S, and APSA Trauma Committee: Evidence-based guidelines for resource utilization in children with isolated spleen or liver injury.
APSA guidelines for hemodynamically stable children with isolated spleen or liver injury
J Pediatr Surg 35:164-169, 2000
• Prospective study all pts with BSLI • No exclusions
• Bedrest : Grade I – II inj – 1 night Grade III – V inj – 2 nights
J Pediatr Surg 46:173-177, 2011
Prospective Study - BSLI
• 131 pts (spleen only 72, liver only 55
• 1 splenectomy (Grade V inj)
• Transfusions – 24 (18 due to BSLI)
• Mean injury grade – 2.6
• Mean bed rest – 1.6 days
• Need for bed rest limiting factor in duration of hospital in 86 pts (66%)
J Pediatr Surg 46:173-177, 2011
Prospective Study – BSLI
An abbreviated protocol of 1 night for Grade I – II
injuries and 2 nights for Grade III or higher in
hemodynamically stable pts is safe and significantly
decreases hospitalization c/w previous APSA
recommendations.
Liver Trauma
• Blunt trauma is most common cause of injury to liver
• High risk due to:
• Large organ, friable parenchyma, ligamentous attachments
Contrast Blush - Liver
• 105 pts – blunt liver injury – 6 yrs • 75 pts – Grade III – V
• 22 pts – Contrast blush • transfusion req.
• mortality (23% vs 4%) • ISS also
• Mortality may be related to the other injuries
Indication for Intervention
• Operate for continued blood loss with hypotension, tachycardia, decreased urine output, decreasing Hg unresponsive to IVF and pRBC
• Operative rates • 3-11% for multiple injuries
• 0-3% for isolated liver injury
• Angioembolization – not used as commonly as in adults
• 72 pts • 30 – Liver
• 44 – Spleen
• Liver vs spleen –
• Longer recovery period
• Nine complications
• Greater use of resources
J Pediatr Surg 43:2264-2267, 2008
Why does NOM fail?
• Shock • Peritonitis • Bleeding • Intestinal injury
– Delay does not typically impact outcome • Pancreatic injury • Diaphragmatic injury
NOM failure Conclusion
• WHO fails: not many. Age and gender don’t matter, pancreas and grade do
• WHAT predicts: bicycle, hypotension, non-responder, high ISS, low GCS
• WHEN do they fail: earlier than adults… typically within the first several hours
• WHERE?: Non pediatric TC, no pediatric surgeon
• WHY: bleeding, peritonitis, pancreatic, intestinal, NOT delayed hemorrhage, lack of protocol
Non Operative Management of BAT
• It works. Uses less blood and is safe. • Age is irrelevant • Delayed operation is not detrimental • Failure most common in the first 12 hours • Failure rates: Kidney 3%, liver 3%, spleen 4%,
pancreas 18% • Bicycles are tough on the pancreas
THE SEAT BELT MECHANICS OF INJURY: ABDOMINAL WALL, VISCERAE AND SPINE
Seat Belt Complex
• Abdominal wall ecchymosis should increase suspicion for blunt intestinal injury as well as injury to the spine
• Triad of lap-belt ecchymosis, intestinal rupture, and Chance fracture of the spine is well-documented – Chance fracture: Fracture of the lower
thoracic or lumbar spine • Oriented transversely through the vertebral
body • Produced by a flexion-distraction mechanism
• Some trauma surgeons advocate the seat-belt complex mandates abdominal exploration without further evaluation due to the risk of intestinal injury
Reid et al, J Trauma, 1990
Sivit et al, AJR, 1996
Lapbelt trauma to sigmoid colon
Laparoscopic view of small bowel injury
Chance fracture FRACTURE THROUGH THE PARS INTERARTICULARIS IN CHILDREN, IT MAY NOT BE A CLASSIC FRACTURE OFTEN A LIGAMENTOUS INJURY MUST BE CONSIDERED UNSTABLE UNTIL ADVANCED IMAGING AND SPINAL SURGEON CONSULTATION
MVC with lapbelt complex
• 12 year old rear seat restrained passenger
• High speed deceleration injury
• Severe abdominal pain and thoracolumbar tenderness
Fixing the Chance fracture
Lap belt complex
Sitting in Auntie’s lap, with the belt across both.
Multiple bowel injuries and renal vascular pedicle injury
Duodenal rupture
16 year old male Calif HS Bull riding champ
DC continued
• Prolonged TPN • External drainage • Gradual resumption
of diet • Slow but steady
improvement. • Nearly 7 week
hospital stay
CT imaging
Handlebars
• Perforation • Transmural injury vs partial thickness • Acute abdominal wall disruption and hernia • Vehicle types
– 60% bicycles – 25% motorcycles – 9% scooters – 4% ATV – 2% others: jet skis, sleds, etc
HANDLEBAR IMPACT MARK
13 year old bicycle handlebar injury. No Free air
Thickened
terminal ileum
surprise!
Duodenal injury
• Penetrating: GSW or stab – Treatment depends on status of pancreas, bile
duct and portal venous injury • Blunt: punch, lap belt, bull, horse, recreational
equipment – Handlebar injury: pancreas vs intestinal
• Severe pancreatico duodenal injury may require exclusion or even pancreaticoduodenectomy (trauma Whipple operation).
• Duodenal hematoma resolves spontaneously in about 2 weeks. BAT vs EGD
Duodenal injury pearl
• Duodenal injury in the very young child, < 2 years old is ALMOST always non accidental trauma.
2 year old kicked by horse First CT No free air
Horse kick Expensive air
16 year old bull rider
5 year old fell on the monkey bars
Duodenal perforation blunt monkey bar impact
Expensive air
BB GUN
Shotguns
Anorectal penetrating injury
NPTR Data
• Head injury remains the major co-morbidity. – The combination of head injury with blunt
abdominal in NAT increases mortality 9 fold per NPTR data.
• Child maltreatment/NAT causing blunt abdominal injury results in 6 fold increased death rate compared to other mechanisms.
Densmore et al.
• KID (Kids Inpatient Database) • Pediatric discharges from community, nonrehab
hospitals • 27 participating states • 2784 hospitals • AHA “universe” of 4839 facilities • 79,673 pediatric injury cases
Case demographics
0-10 y, ISS>15 All patients
Number 7856 79,673
Age (SD) 3.9 +/- 5.0 y 12.2 +/- 6.2 y
Sex 38:62 F:M 31:69
Mean ISS 19.5 +/- 9.6 7.4+/- 7.6
Mean total charges (SD)
$24,435 +/- 59,015 $15,383 +/- 30,494
Site of Care NACHRI designation
0 to 10 y, ISS > 15 (%) All patients (%)
Children’s Hospital 26.8 10.7
Children’s Unit 38.1 23.5
Adult Hospital 35.1 65.8
Outcome by site of care
Mortality (%) LOS > 8 d (%) Charges> $15,000 (%)
A. 0-10 y, ISS>15 Children’s Hosp 4.9 16.8 33.3 Children’s Unit 9.1 25.5 42.2 Adult 7.4 17.7 34.7 B. All patients Children’s Hosp 0.9 8.9 20.2 Children’s Unit 2.4 17.2 32.4 Adult 1.4 9.7 22.2
Mortality differences for injury types by site of care
Fractures (%) Intracranial (%) Internal inj. (%) A. 0-10y, ISS>15 CH 4.7 6.4 1.6 CU 6.9 12.5 8.1 AH 5.2 11.5 5.0 B. All patients CH 0.7 2.7 0.3 CU 1.5 8.5 3.2 AH 0.9 4.9 1.9
Big Picture
• 93 Million admissions from NIS and KID 1988 through 2005
• 2,087,915 surgical admissions in the US • Overall mortality 0.85% • Highest mortality:
– Craniotomy for trauma (26.27%) – Multiple significant trauma (10.69%) – Liver/ Int Tx (11.12%), heart tx (10.94%)
Multivariate results
Future Directions
• Educate • Disseminate APSA, AAP, AAST guidelines • Encourage inclusive, cooperative systems • Transfer agreements • Identify the highest risk groups and injury
patterns • Commitment to research and PI
9th Edition ATLS Circulation
• Blood volume – 70-80 ml/kg
• Transfuse earlier • Vascular access
priority – PIV x 2 – IO – Fem – EJ – cutdown
9th Edition ATLS HEAD INJURY
• Avoid hypoxemia and hypotension • Persistent emesis or Seizure: CT imaging • Options
– Hypertonic saline – Mannitol – Antiepileptic (Keppra vs phenytoin) – ICP monitoring
9th Edition ATLS IMAGING
• Limit CT imaging – ALARA: AS LOW AS REASONABLY
ACHEIVABLE – Do Not scan if planning transfer
• FAST
– Adjunct to physical exam – Not sole diagnostic to rule-out intraabdominal
injury
9th Edition ATLS changes
• Airway – Oral airway
insertion – Cuffed tubes, all
ages • Cuff pressure
monitor – NO NT intubation – LMA option
Radiation Risks
• DLP = dose length product • 5 fold increase use in CT imaging • Risk of leukemia, brain, thyroid and GI
malignancy • Delays definitive care in some cases • Increased Cost • Increased exposure • “Image Gently” • One CT c-spine = 80 chest x-rays
Military lessons learned
• MASSIVE TRANSFUSION PROTOCOLS
• TXA • TOURNIQUET • SPINE
IMMOBILIZATION – VACUUM
Tourniquets in children
• Iraq and Afghanistan • 88 inured kids age 4 – 17 • 67 extremity injuries • Extremity AIS 2 – 4 • 93 % survival • Standard combat application tourniquet • Pediatric concerns
– Skin breakdown, increased ischemic time – Compartment syndrome – Time > 2 hours has increased limb loss risk
COMBAT ACTION TOURNIQUET
MASSIVE TRANSFUSION AND PEDIATRICS
• NATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL – MTP policy 2009 – Goal 1:1:1 ratio
• Results: 55 patients – FFP:PRBC RATION OF 1:3 – No difference in mortality – Decreased thromboembolic events
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TXA IN PEDIATRICS
• Cardiac experience with AMICAR • Scoliosis • Craniofacial reconstruction • Traumatic hyphema • Not much published data in pediatric trauma
– PED-TRAX: Joint Theater Trauma Registry • TXA use was independently associated with
decreased mortality • ? Prehospital use
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Initial films
6 y.o. vs Manure spreader
Summary
• Identify the level of injury • BEST airway possible - remember it is not always
ET intubation • Oxygenation • Avoid the terrible Triad: Acidosis, hypothermia
and coagulopathy • Transfer as rapidly as possible to definitive care.
How expensive?
• 80.2 Billion dollars in medical care costs • 326 Billion dollars in productivity losses • Of that total, injures in children 0 to 14 account
for 51 Billion dollars • Difficult to calculate the lifetime impact on
children in YPLL and costs of care.
BCR >1 Cost:QALY <$0.00
Epidemiology : Associated Injuries
Of 45 children with Cervical Spine Injuries Pulmonary Contusion 10 Femur Fracture 8 Hemoperitoneum 6 Tibial Fracture 5 Arm Fracture 4 Rib Fracture 3 Splenic Laceration 3 Ruptured Kidney 2 Pelvis Fracture 2 Clavicle fracture, pneumothorax, 1 each hemothorax, flail chest, liver laceration, bowel wall edema, limb amputation
Note: 40% of children with cervical spine injury have no trauma to an other body part
Orestein et al.