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Novel nomogram for predicting pulmonary complications in patients with blunt chest trauma with rib fractures: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
The direct consequences of chest trauma may cause adverse outcomes. Therefore, the early detection of high-risk patients and appropriate interventions can improve patient outcomes.
Junepill Seok   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traumatic rib fractures: a marker of severe injury. A nationwide study using the National Trauma Data Bank

open access: yesTrauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2020
Background In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the treatment of patients with rib fractures. However, the current literature on the epidemiology and outcomes of rib fractures is outdated and inconsistent.
R Marijn Houwert   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pulmonary function testing after operative stabilisation of the chest wall for flail chest [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: This is a prospective evaluation of chest wall integrity and pulmonary function in patients with operative stabilisation for flail chest injuries.
Dusmet, M.   +5 more
core  

Cancer pain: current practice and emerging targets

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Cancer pain (CP) arises from a complex interplay between the tumour and its microenvironment. Many patients experience a mixed pain phenotype that encompasses nociceptive, neuropathic and neuroinflammatory mechanisms, and vary across tumour type and disease stage. Despite decades of intensive research, the mainstay of cancer pain treatment is still non‐
Yi Ye   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validity of helicopter emergency medical services dispatch criteria for traumatic injuries: A systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Objective. This review provides an overview of the validity of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch criteria for severely injured patients. Methods. A systematic literature search was performed.
Lieshout, E.M.M. (Esther) van   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Insects and Survival: A Review of Primary and Secondary Defense Strategies

open access: yesEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Based on a review of three decades of literature, insect defense mechanisms are classified into primary (I) and secondary (II) mechanisms of behavioral, morphological, and chemical nature. These mechanisms have been recorded in 22 (I) and 20 (II) orders, respectively.
Lucas Fernandes Silva   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Successful surgical treatment of Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome with bilateral flail chest: a case report

open access: yesBMC Surgery, 2020
Background Development of multiple rib fractures leading to bilateral flail chest in Cronkhite–Canada Syndrome (CCS) has not been reported. Case presentation A 59-year-old man presented with complaints of fatigue, chest pain, respiratory distress and ...
Guang-chao Lv   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Air embolism secondary to suspected lymphatic tissue disruption with severe exercise‐induced pulmonary haemorrhage

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary Air embolism is rare in horses and typically associated with complications following intravenous catheterisation or other medical procedures. Exercise‐induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) is common in racehorses but not usually associated with air embolism. This report describes a case of air embolism in a 4‐year‐old Thoroughbred with EIPH. The
J. Wittenberg   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychogenic polydipsia in dogs – a review of pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment

open access: yesJournal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Polyuria and polydipsia represent a common clinical presentation in dogs and may result from numerous disorders affecting different body systems. Compulsive water consumption is characteristic of psychogenic polydipsia, a primary polydipsia disorder rooted in neurologic, behavioural or environmental factors.
G. Pavlovsky
wiley   +1 more source

Pulmonary complications in patients with severe brain injury. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Pulmonary complications are prevalent in the critically ill neurological population. Respiratory failure, pneumonia, acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS), pulmonary edema, pulmonary contusions and pneumo/hemothorax ...
Lee, Kiwon, Rincon, Fred
core   +3 more sources

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