Polytrauma Course (PTC)

References

Books:

Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Trauma Patient; Smith, Wade R., Stahel, Philip F. (Eds.) Springer

Oestern HJ, Tscherne H: Pathophysiology and classification of soft tissue injuries associated with fractures, in Tscherne H, Gotzen L [eds]: Fractures With Soft Tissue Injuries [German]. Telger TC [trans]. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 1984, pp 6–7.)

Baue AE, Faist E, Fry Mods: Multiple organ failure. New York: Springer 2000

 The Poly-Traumatized Patient with Fractures A Multi-Disciplinary ApproachEditors: Pape, Hans-Christoph, Sanders, Roy, Borrelli, Joseph (Eds.)

Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Trauma Patient, Smith, Wade R., Stahel, Philip F. (Eds.) Springer

Publications:

Gutierrez G1, Reines HD, Wulf-Gutierrez ME Clinical review: hemorrhagic shock..Crit Care. 2004 Oct;8(5):373-81.

Gustilo RB, Anderson JT. Prevention of infection in the treatment of one thousand and twenty-five open fractures of long bones: Retrospective and prospective analyses. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1976;58:453–8

Johansen K, Daines M, Howey T, Helfet D, Hansen ST Jr. Objective criteria accurately predict amputation following lower extremity trauma. J Trauma. 1990 May;30(5):568-72; discussion 572-3

JL Vincent, R Moreno, J Takala; The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure; Intensive Care Medicine July 1996, Volume 22, Issue 7, pp 707-710

Pape et al, J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014; 77: 780-786.

Pape HC, Remmers D, Rice J, Ebisch M, Krettek C, Tscherne H. Appraisal of early evaluation of blunt chest trauma: development of a standardized scoring system for initial clinical decision making. J Trauma 2000;49:496—504.

Pape HC1, Tornetta P 3rd, Tarkin I, Tzioupis C, Sabeson V, Olson SA Timing of fracture fixation in multitrauma patients: the role of early total care and damage control surgery. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2009 Sep;17(9):541-9

Hans-Christoph Pape, MD,* Peter V. Giannoudis, MD,† Christian Krettek, MD, FRACS, and Otmar Trentz, MD‡ Timing of Fixation of Major Fractures in Blunt Polytrauma Role of Conventional Indicators in Clinical Decision Making, J Orthop Trauma 2005;19:551–562

Tscherne, MD; G. Regel, MD; H-C Pape, MD; T. Pohlemann, MD; and C. Krettek, MD Internal Fixation of Multiple Fractures in Patients With Polytrauma CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH Number 347, pp 62-78 1998

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