renal artery injury - blunt

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45 yo dude on his motorcycle.  He somehow runs into a limo (probably ruining
the date).  He is confused and combative.  He undergoes rapid sequence
intubation.  CT scans reveal an occluded renal artery.  The kidney does not
light up on the right.  The left kidney is fine.  Sal and others, is there
any reason to try to have IR to occlude that right renal artery to prevent
recannulation?

Thanks,

Errington C. Thompson, MD, FACS, FCCM
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
Mission Hospital
Asheville, NC
Author - A Letter to America
www.whereistheoutrage.net

 
Everyone deserves to make an informed decision
                                - Errington Thompson, MD

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