Survival Fight of a Teen With Polytrauma, Severe Head Injury, Gr-V Liver Injury Followed By ARDS, Managed in a Rural Hospital of Andaman, India: Perseverance Gives Possibilities Even With Limited Resources

Abstract

Thisarticledescribeshowtheliverisoneofthemostcommonlyinjuredorgansintheabdomen, especially in road traffic accidents. Patients do present with polytrauma and those who are hemodynamicallyunstablehaveahighmorbidityandmortality,eveninadvancedhospitalsettings. Followingisthecasereportofa17-yr.oldboy,whowasinvolvedinaroadtrafficaccidentwith polytrauma,presentedtoatertiarycarehospitalinaremoteisland,withGradeIV-Vliverinjuryand developedARDSinpost-operativeperiod.Thepatientwasmanagedsuccessfullyanddischarged. KEyWoRDS Andaman, ARDS, Grade V liver injury, India, Polytrauma, RTA