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Abstract
Tscherne was the first to define the term polytrauma in 1966 as “multiple injuries to different regions of the body sustained simultaneously, with at least one injury or the combination of these injuries being life-threatening”. This definition highlights the essential pathophysiological paradigm of polytrauma, with the life-threating characteristics resulting from injuries to multiple organ ...
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