Assessment and initial management of urologic trauma.

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Jeremy B Tonkin, Britton E Tisdale, Gerald H Jordan

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Jeremy B Tonkin: Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA. quiksand25@yahoo.com

PMID: 21095427 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2010.08.033

This article discusses the appropriate assessment, initial management, timely referral to a urologist for abdominal, bladder, urogenital, and renal/renal collecting system injury. Appropriate laboratory and physical examinations, as well as radiologic imaging, are paramount to obtaining accurate diagnosis and to providing appropriate treatment.

Humans

Primary Health Care

Referral and Consultation

Urinary Tract

Wounds, Nonpenetrating

Wounds, Penetrating

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