| AUTHORS: | SOURCE: | DPL False +: |
| Mendez C; Gubler KD; Maier RV | Arch Surg 1994 May;129(5):477 | 2.5% |
| Hubbard SG; Bivins BA; Sachatello CR; Griffen WO Jr | Arch Surg 1979 Jul;114(7):844 | 29% |
| McMurty R, Walton D, Dickinson D, Kellam J, Tile M | CORR 1980 Sept; 151:22 | 18% |
| Selivanov V; Chi HS; Alverdy JC; Morris JA Jr; Sheldon GF | J Trauma 1984 Dec; 24(12):1022 | 33% |
"Because of the high incidence of hemoperitoneum associated with retroperitoneal hematoma, peritoneal lavage is less useful in the setting of of pelvic fracture than in other settings of suspected intra-abdominal trauma. "
"Nine of 27 patients initially stable patients underwent laparotomy on the day of admission because of the development of hemodynamic instability, and all had retroperitoneal hematoma as the source of the increasing transfusion requirements."
"It is likely that CT scanning of patients with pelvic fractures and suspected intra-abdominal injuries to solid organs will result in the lowering of the negative laparotomy rate and morbidity in that group."
- Selivanov V; Chi HS; Alverdy JC; Morris JA Jr; Sheldon GF, Mortality in retroperitoneal hematoma., J Trauma 1984 Dec;24(12):1022-7