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Trauma Surgery Glossary
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open book fracture
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Unstable pelvic ring injury with anterior separation resembling an opened book when viewed on X-ray.
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Anatomical scoring system used to assess overall injury severity in trauma patients.
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permissive hypotension
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Deliberate maintenance of lower than normal blood pressure in trauma patients to reduce bleeding while preserving organ...
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TRISS
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Trauma and Injury Severity Score, a methodology combining anatomic and physiologic injury severity measures to predict s...
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