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Severe Fractures and Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma in Disasters and Mass Casualties

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Trauma is the most common cause of death in pediatric patients greater than 1 year of age [1]. Mortality rates of up to 20 % can be expected in polytraumatized patients. The greatest share of morbidity and mortality is due to injuries to the brain and musculoskeletal system [1]. The assumption should be made at the outset that the child will make a full recovery, and medical and surgical treatment decisions made with future rehabilitation in mind.

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  1. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Blvd , 2 Wood Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Keith D. Baldwin MD, MSPT, MPH

  2. Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic and Scoliosis Surgery, LE Simmons Chair in Orthopedic Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, 6701 Fannin St CC660, TX, 77030, Houston, US

    John P. Dormans MD, FACS (Professor of Orthopedic and Scoliosis Surgery)

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

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  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bar Ilan Univ, Ziv Medical Ctr, Zefat, Israel

    Alexander Lerner

  3. Urgent Pediatric Surgery and Trauma, Clinical and Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

    Leonid Roshal

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Baldwin, K.D., Dormans, J.P. (2016). Severe Fractures and Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma in Disasters and Mass Casualties. In: Wolfson, N., Lerner, A., Roshal, L. (eds) Orthopedics in Disasters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48950-5_42

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