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Assessment of the severely injured limb

26/12/2023 by Bob Dunn

The Assessment of the severely injured limb has been simplified and details about some of the less well validated scoring systems have been removed.

Categories Updates Tags Orthopaedics
Management of fractures and dislocations
Hawkins classification of talar fractures – correction

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Associate Professor Robert Dunn

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Associate Professor Meredith Borland
Dr Deborah O'Brien
Dr Stuart Dilley
Dr Jennifer Brookes
Associate Professor Deborah Leach

Formula of the day

Delta ratio: = (AG – 12)/(24 - [HCO3-])

Medical wisdom

Isolation of the ‘root cause’ of an accident is not possible. The evaluations based on such reasoning as ‘root cause’ do not reflect a technical understanding of the nature of failure but rather the social, cultural need to blame specific, localized forces or events for outcomes.

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