Risk factors for liver abscess formation in patients with blunt hepatic injury after non-operative management

Risk factors for liver abscess formation in patients with blunt hepatic injury after non-operative management

Purpose To identify risk factors for liver abscess formation in patients with blunt hepatic injury who underwent non-operative management (NOM). Methods From January 2004 to October 2008, retrospective data were collected from a single level I trauma center. Clinical data, hospital course, and outco...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of trauma and emergency surgery (Munich : 2007) 2014-10, Vol.40 (5), p.547-552
Hauptverfasser: Hsu, C.-P., Wang, S.-Y., Hsu, Y.-P., Chen, H.-W., Lin, B.-C., Kang, S.-C., Yuan, K.-C., Liu, E.-H., Kuo, I.-M., Liao, C.-H., Ouyang, C.-H., Yang, S.-J.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Critical Care Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Injuries
Intensive
Liver diseases
Medical treatment
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Article
Risk factors
Sports Medicine
Surgery
Surgical Orthopedics
Trauma
Traumatic Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose To identify risk factors for liver abscess formation in patients with blunt hepatic injury who underwent non-operative management (NOM). Methods From January 2004 to October 2008, retrospective data were collected from a single level I trauma center. Clinical data, hospital course, and outcome were all extracted from patient medical records for further analysis. Results A total of 358 patients were enrolled for analysis. There were 13 patients with liver abscess after blunt hepatic injury. Patients with abscess had a significant increase in glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT, p  = 0.006) and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT, p  
ISSN:1863-9933
1863-9941
DOI:10.1007/s00068-013-0346-7