Opportunity for Reduction of Intensive Care Unit Resource Utilization in Pediatric Blunt Liver and Spleen Injuries: A National Trauma Data Bank Analysis

Guidelines for blunt liver and spleen injury (BLSI) by the Arizona-Texas-Oklahoma-Memphis-Arkansas Consortium (ATOMAC) emphasize hemodynamic stability over injury grade when considering non-operative management (NOM). In this study, we examined rates of intensive care unit (ICU) admission for children with isolated low-risk BLSI among US hospitals.