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EClinicalMedicine, 2022 Summary: Background: Terrorism and armed conflict cause blast and ballistic casualties that are unusual in civilian practice. The immediate surgical response to mass casualty events, with civilians injured by these mechanisms, has not been ...
Laura Maitland +5 more
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Understanding blast-induced neurotrauma: how far have we come?
Concussion, 2017 Blast injuries, including blast-induced neurotrauma (BINT), are caused by blast waves generated during an explosion. Accordingly, their history coincides with that of explosives.
Ibolja Cernak
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Characteristics and treatments of ocular blast injury in Tianjin explosion in China
BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Background To document characteristics and treatments of ocular blast injury from a fire and explosion. Method Authors retrospectively evaluated 116 patients with 166 eye injuries from six hospitals.
Yuanyuan Liu +10 more
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Delayed cardiac tamponade secondary to blast injury from gunshot wound
Trauma Case Reports, 2023 Background: Penetrating injuries are recognized for the direct tissue damage, which is typically evident on physical examination. Secondary injuries resulting from kinetic energy transfer in the case of gunshot wounds (GSWs), often referred to as “blast ...
Louis F. Chai +7 more
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Military Medicine, 2011 Explosions can cause devastating injuries by various wounding mechanisms. Injuries due to the primary pressure wave are rarely life threatening and those that are lethal are uncommon. We reviewed the pathophysiology of blast-related injuries and their implications for management.
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Very early increase in nitric oxide formation and oxidative cell damage associated with the reduction of tissue oxygenation is a trait of blast casualties [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2005 Background. In our previous experimental studies, we found evidence for the increase of nitric oxide (NO) formation immediately after blast injury. In the present study we investigated whether NO overproduction was a trait for the period immediately ...
Žunić Gordana +3 more
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Using Gas-Driven Shock Tubes to Produce Blast Wave Signatures
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 The increased incidence of improvised explosives in military conflicts has brought about an increase in the number of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) observed.
Rubbel Kumar +2 more
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A closed-body preclinical model to investigate blast-induced spinal cord injury
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2023 Blast-induced spinal cord injuries (bSCI) are common and account for 75% of all combat-related spinal trauma. It remains unclear how the rapid change in pressure contributes to pathological outcomes resulting from these complex injuries. Further research
Carly Norris +10 more
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Spectrum of abdominal organ injury in a primary blast type
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2009 Introduction Abdominal organ injury in a primary blast type is always challenging for diagnosis. Air containing abdominal viscera is most vulnerable to effects of primary blast injury.
Amin Abid +6 more
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1905 "Frenzied Finance," pro and con, of late has so filled the air that to many the question arises: Does mining really exist? With all her disadvantages, Butte still demonstrates mining as a reality. With her annual production of 250,000,000 pounds of copper, not to mention her silver and gold, her many miles of underground tunnels extending nearly half a
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