Pelvic Injury: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Pelvic injury

Introduction
 Hip fractures can cause significant mortality and morbidity in
women. Most of the hip fractures and kidney injuries are
associated to falls due to accidents or decreased bone mineral
density (Magee, 2014).
 A proper physical assessment is necessary take up proper
treatment regimen for the patient.

Scenario
Diana Prince, who is 15 years old has met with an accident while
riding her bicycle yesterday. She has suffered from blunt trauma to
the pelvis. Due to her falling Blood pressure she was shifted to the
ICU where she was being transfused with 3 units of Packed RBS.
Her BP is 110/70 mm of Hg now. According to the CT scan reports
she has suffered from an open book fracture of the pelvis. Blood
reports from this morning has indicated an augmented Serum
Creatinine level of about 5.2mg/dl. She was diagnosed with
Hypovolemia induced Acute Kidney Injury with fracture pelvis. She
is now under the surveillance of a multidisciplinary team of
Nephrologists, Orthopaedic and Trauma surgeons.