SPLENIC RUPTURE

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Educator STATPEARLS PUBLISHING, LLC

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Method Computer-Based Training

Course overview

THE SPLEEN IS AN ENCAPSULATED HEMATOPOIETIC ORGAN THAT LIES WITHIN THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE LEFT UPPER QUADRANT IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY. IT HAS PROXIMITY TO THE 9TH, 10TH, AND 11TH RIBS, LEFT KIDNEY, STOMACH, TRANSVERSE AND DESCENDING COLON, LEFT HEMIDIAPHRAGM, AND PANCREAS. THE SPLEEN IS THE VISCERAL ORGAN MOST FREQUENTLY INJURED IN BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA. TRAUMA IS ALSO THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF A RUPTURED SPLEEN. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH SPLENIC RUPTURE AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine

Osteopathic Physician

1h General