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Auxiliary Clinical Diagnostics

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In disasters and conventional mass casualty incidents (MCI), a large number of trauma patients need to be screened for traumatic injuries and treated within a relatively short time span in restricted resource circumstances. Guidelines and protocols have been developed to enhance decision-making and stabilization of patients without wasting time on less critical injuries [1].

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  1. Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Hadassah—Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

    Miklosh Bala

  2. Emergency Surgery Department, Parma University Hospital, Parma, OH, USA

    Fausto Catena

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

    Yoram Kluger

  2. General Surgery, Pope John 23 Hospital of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

    Federico Coccolini

  3. Emergency Surgery Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Fausto Catena

  4. Surgery I, Pope John 23 Hospital of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

    Luca Ansaloni

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Bala, M., Catena, F. (2020). Auxiliary Clinical Diagnostics. In: Kluger, Y., Coccolini, F., Catena, F., Ansaloni, L. (eds) WSES Handbook of Mass Casualties Incidents Management. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92345-1_8

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