Topic: Imaging of Acute Trauma, Solid Organ Injury

Summary: In this episode, we continue a discussion of imaging acute trauma. This part emphasizes the imaging of solid organ injury. The organs discussed are the liver, spleen, kidney, pancreas, adrenal gland and gallbladder. We focus on recent changes in diagnostic criteria since 2018 and their significance in the daily diagnosis and management of trauma patients.

Host: Christopher Cerniglia, DO, ME, FAOCR. Associate Professor of Radiology, Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging & Intervention, UMMS Dept of Radiology.Guest: Hao Lo, MD, MBA. Associate Professor of Radiology, Division of Emergency Radiology, UMMS Dept of Radiology.

Resources:

Kozar, R. A., Crandall, M., Shanmuganathan, K., Zarzaur, B. L., Coburn, M., Cribari, C., & AAST Patient Assessment Committee. (2018). Organ injury scaling 2018 update: spleen, liver, and kidney. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 85(6), 1119-1122.AAST Injury Scoring Scale. https://www.aast.org/resources-detail/injury-scoring-scaleLee, J. T., Slade, E., Uyeda, J., Steenburg, S. D., Chong, S. T., Tsai, R.,& LeBedis, C. A. (2021). American Society of Emergency Radiology Multicenter Blunt Splenic Trauma Study: CT and Clinical Findings. Radiology, 202917.