blunt duodenal trauma

[Mathias Kalkum]

Tim,

thank you for the quick answer!

> NGT to decompress the stomach and D1 - contrast to ensure that there is
> no leak from the bowel 

the CT is less than an hour old - are you sure to do a contrast study 
now? I will talk to the radiologist.

(yes, I know it is not 100% reliable, but its all
> you've got if you want to be conservative)

You bet'ya ;-)

Take care!

Mathias