Trauma-Solid Organ Injury
Clinical Pathways promote evidence-based, safe, and high-value patient care by providing clinical recommendations and standard processes. They are developed by multidisciplinary committees of subject matter experts, informed by a methodical review of available evidence and consensus among committee members.
Clinical Pathway:
- Trauma: Blunt Solid Organ Injury Algorithms
- Emergency Department Algorithm
- Inpatient Algorithm
- Trauma: Blunt Solid Organ Injury Synopsis (provides care standards employed for this clinical pathway)
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient in the Emergency Department with suspected blunt abdominal trauma
without peritonitis
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hemodynamic instability / Signs of shock
- Peritonitis
- Penetrating Trauma
- Suspected Child Abuse
Committee members involved in the development:
- Shahab Abdessalam, MD, FACS, FSSO | Surgery | Committee Chair
- David Seastrom, MSN, RN | Trauma Services | Committee Member
- Elise Wright, DNP, APRN, CPNP AC-PC, CCRN | Surgery | Committee Member
- Efua Bolouvi, MD | Surgery | Committee Member
- Christine Symes, RN, MSN, CPN, CPNP-PC | Infectious Diseases | Committee Member
- Allison Adam, MD | Emergency Medicine | Committee Member
EBP Committee Members
- Kathleen Berg, MD, FAAP | Evidence Based Practice
- Todd Glenski, MD, MSHA, FASA | Anesthesiology, Evidence Based Practice
- Jarrod Dusin, PhD, RD, CPHQ | Evidence Based Practice
Publication dates:
- Finalized date: 03/2026
- Next expected revision date: 03/2029
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These pathways do not establish a standard of care to be followed in every case. It is recognized that each case is different, and those individuals involved in providing health care are expected to use their judgment in determining what is in the best interests of the patient based on the circumstances existing at the time. It is impossible to anticipate all possible situations that may exist and to prepare a pathway for each. Accordingly, these pathways should guide care with the understanding that departures from them may be required at times.