| Front | A patient with a blunt abdominal injury may have one or more of which injuries? |
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| Back | A patient with this injury may have one or more of the following injuries: Severe bruising of the abdominal wall; Laceration of the liver and spleen; Rupture of the intestine; Tears in the mesentery; Rupture of the kidneys or avulsion of the kidneys from their arteries and veins; Rupture of the bladder; Severe intra-abdominal hemorrhage; Peritoneal irritation and inflammation in response to the rupture of hollow organs. |
Tags: 28, abdominal, genitourinary, injuries
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