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The common mechanisms of injury are described followed by how to do the initial assessment of a severely injured child. Then, there are specific sections on assessing abdominal trauma, thoracic injuries, head injuries, lacerations, perineal injuries, fractures, burns, foreign bodies and corrosive ingestion.
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Puri P, Höllwarth M (eds) (2009). Pediatric Surgery. Diagnosis and Management. Springer, Dordrecht.
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Hutson, J.M., Beasley, S.W. (2013). Trauma. In: The Surgical Examination of Children. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29814-1_12
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