Spatial and contextual factors influencing injury patterns and severity resulting from the 2020 Beirut blast [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis cross-sectional study investigated the factors influencing injury characteristics and outcomes following the 2020 Beirut Blast. Blast victims (n = 310) were identified from hospital registries in Beirut.
Samar Al-Hajj +8 more
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Mechanisms of hearing loss after blast injury to the ear. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Given the frequent use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) around the world, the study of traumatic blast injuries is of increasing interest. The ear is the most common organ affected by blast injury because it is the body's most sensitive pressure ...
Sung-Il Cho +11 more
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Patterns of thoracic injury in bomb blast victims: A retrospective radiological review [PDF]
Journal of International Medical ResearchIntroduction Bombings, accounting for approximately 50% of global terrorist incidents, frequently cause high-morbidity thoracic trauma, including blast lung injury.
Muhammad Nadeem Ahmad +7 more
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The First Aid and Hospital Treatment of Gunshot and Blast Injuries. [PDF]
Dtsch Arztebl Int, 2017 Franke A +5 more
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Blast injuries and heterotopic ossification. [PDF]
Bone Joint Res, 2012 Heterotopic ossification (HO) is perhaps the single most significant obstacle to independence, functional mobility, and return to duty for combat-injured veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Recent research into the cause(s)
Alfieri KA, Forsberg JA, Potter BK.
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Blast injuries to the hand: Pathomechanics, patterns and treatment
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2013 Purpose: To characterize the common patterns of injury in detail in cases of blast injuries to the hand and to outline the possible pathomechanics of these patterns of injury while describing the treatment modalities for the same as practiced in our ...
Souvik Adhikari +3 more
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Neurobiology of Disease, 2011 Current experimental models of blast injuries used to study blast-induced neurotrauma (BINT) vary widely, which makes the comparison of the experimental results extremely challenging.
Ibolja Cernak +9 more
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Pathophysiology and management of blast lung injury
Journal of Marine Medical Society, 2014 The pattern of lung injuries has gradually changed globally in last two decades from penetrating chest injuries to blast lung injury. This has mainly occurred due to trauma setting in the global war on terror and accidental explosions in confined space ...
Sameer Kumar, S K Singh
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Association Between 5-Year Clinical Outcome in Patients With Nonmedically Evacuated Mild Blast Traumatic Brain Injury and Clinical Measures Collected Within 7 Days Postinjury in Combat [PDF]
, 2019 Importance: Although previous work has examined clinical outcomes in combat-deployed veterans, questions remain regarding how symptoms evolve or resolve following mild blast traumatic brain injury (TBI) treated in theater and their association with long ...
Christine L. Mac Donald +6 more
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Soft tissue and wound management of blast injuries. [PDF]
Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med, 2015 Sheean AJ, Tintle SM, Rhee PC.
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