Survival Fight of a Teen With Polytrauma, Severe Head Injury, Gr-V Liver Injury Followed By ARDS, Managed in a Rural Hospital of Andaman, India: Perseverance Gives Possibilities Even With Limited Resources

• Published in: International journal of patient-centered healthcare Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 42 - 45
• Main Authors: Bhasin, Sidharth, Narayan, Anil, Janardhan AL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey IGI Global 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Abdomen; Blood products; Case reports; Head injuries; Hospitals; Laparotomy; Liver; Morbidity; Mortality; Patients; Postoperative period; Spleen; Surgeons; Traffic accidents & safety; Trauma; Ventilators
• ISSN: 2641-6255; 2641-6263
• DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2017070104

This article describes how the liver is one of the most commonly injured organs in the abdomen, especially in road traffic accidents. Patients do present with polytrauma and those who are hemodynamically unstable have a high morbidity and mortality, even in advanced hospital settings. Following is the case report of a 17-yr. old boy, who was involved in a road traffic accident with polytrauma, presented to a tertiary care hospital in a remote island, with Grade IV-V liver injury and developed ARDS in post-operative period. The patient was managed successfully and discharged.