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We aimed to describe the epidemiology, management and outcomes of PRI with haemodynamic instability managed in a state\u2019s only Level 1 adult trauma centre.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all trauma patients with major PRI (Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) &gt; 3) and hemodynamic instability (defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) &lt;90 mmHg or a shock index (heart rate (HR)\/SBP) &gt; 0.7) presenting to the state adult trauma centre between 2013 and 2022. Data on demographics, injury patterns, management strategies, and outcomes were collected from the State Trauma Registry and hospital records.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 1369 patients with pelvic or acetabular fractures during the 10-year study period, 152 (11%) had major PRI with hemodynamic instability at presentation. Most were male (72%) with a median age of 35 years. Motor vehicle and motorbike crashes accounted for 52% of injuries. The median Injury Severity Score was 33. Massive transfusion protocols were activated in 45% of cases, while angioembolisation was utilised in 5.9%. Overall in-hospital mortality was 7.2% and mortality due to haemorrhage was 2%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In our mature trauma system, hemodynamically unstable PRI patients\u2019 low mortality is consistent with the recently reported outcomes of best performing centres.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Level of Evidence<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00068-026-03288-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,24]],"date-time":"2026-08-24T14:05:28Z","timestamp":1787580328000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Injury patterns, management and outcomes of hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures at an Australian level 1 trauma centre: a 10-year registry analysis"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"52","author":[{"given":"Luan","family":"Louw","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kyle","family":"Raubenheimer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"William G.","family":"Blakeney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samuel","family":"Young","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zsolt J.","family":"Balogh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dieter G.","family":"Weber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,24]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"3288_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"985","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2011.06.003","volume":"42","author":"BJ Gabbe","year":"2011","unstructured":"Gabbe BJ, de Steiger R, Esser M, Bucknill A, Russ MK, Cameron PA. 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