Table 2 Overview of ER diagnostic procedures in the reported exemplary case reports.
From: Clinical diagnosis versus autopsy findings in polytrauma fatalities
no | sex | age | mechanism of polytrauma | ISS | survival time (hh:mm/days if appropiate) | cause of death (clinically) | cause of death (autoptically) | ER diagnostic procedures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | m | 27 | traffic accident (car) | 59 | 2:50 | sTBI, lung failure, hemorrhagic shock, thorax trauma | sTBI, bilateral lung contusion, pelvic trauma | physical examination, ultrasound, thoracic + pelvic x-ray, whole-body CT |
8 | m | 72 | traffic accident (pedestrian) | 43 | 2:46 | thorax trauma, heart contusion, hemorrhagic shock | thorax trauma, pericardial tamponade | physical examination, ultrasound, thoracic + pelvic x-ray, whole-body CT |
12 | m | 49 | work place accident | 75 | 2:10 | blunt thoraco-abdominopelvic trauma | fatal bleeding due to pelvic trauma | physical examination, thoracic + pelvic x-ray |
2 | f | 24 | homicidal stab attack | 75 | 1:00 | hemorrhagic shock due to multiple thoracal stab wounds | fatal bleeding due to multiple thoracal stab wounds, bilateral hematopneumothorax | physical examination |
4 | m | 48 | traffic accident (car) | 50 | 184 days | MOF/lung artery embolism | MOF | physical examination, ultrasound, thoracic + pelvic x-ray, whole-body CT |
10 | m | 45 | train overrun | 75 | 2:22 | sTBI/hemorrhagic shock from Sinus sagittalis superior bleeding | sTBI | physical examination, ultrasound, thoracic + pelvic x-ray, whole-body CT |