In Pediatric age group, the most common feature of polytrauma is: (A) Hypothermia, (B) Hypotension, (C) Hypovelomic shock, (D) Hypoxemia
Answer is A. As the surface area to body volume ratio of children is high, thermal energy loss is higher and hypothermia is a higher risk. Due to the greater physiological capacity and ability of children to compensate for the fluid loss, hypotension is a very late and ominous sign of hypovolaemic shock.