Determined to Die! Ability to Act Following Multiple Self‐inflicted Gunshot Wounds to the Head. The Cook County Office of Medical Examiner Experience (2005–2012) and Review of Literature [PDF]
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2015 Cases of multiple (considered 2+) self-inflicted gunshot wounds are a rarity and require careful examination of the scene of occurrence; thorough consideration of the decedent’s psychiatric, medical, and social histories; and accurate postmortem ...
Aniello Maiese, Lorenzo Gitto
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Chronic pain in patients with gunshot wounds. [PDF]
BMC Anesthesiol, 2023 Background In civilian life, from 11 to 40% of patients suffer from chronic pain after receiving injuries. There are almost no data on chronic pain in patients with gunshot wounds, isolated clinical cases have been published.
Kuchyn I, Horoshko V.
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Gunshot Wounds: Ballistics, Pathology, and Treatment Recommendations, with a Focus on Retained Bullets. [PDF]
Orthop Res Rev, 2022 As the epidemic of gunshot injuries and firearm fatalities continues to proliferate in the United States, knowledge regarding gunshot wound (GSW) injury and management is increasingly relevant to health-care providers.
Baum GR, Baum JT, Hayward D, MacKay BJ.
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Endoscopic Repair of Frontal Sinus Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks after Firearm Injuries: Report of Two Cases [PDF]
Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports, 2015 Objectives To describe two cases of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak repair after gunshot wound to the head. Design Retrospective review of two cases. Settings A large regional tertiary care facility. Participants Two
Camilo Reyes, C. Arturo Solares
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Predictors of treatment failure among patients with gunshot wounds and post-traumatic stress disorder. [PDF]
BMC Anesthesiol, 2021 Background The 82.1% treatment failure of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), associated with gunshot wounds, is related to high incidence of chronic pain syndrome as well as resistance to the PTSD treatment.
Kuchyn IL, Horoshko VR.
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Pathological Changes and Sodium Rhodizonate Test as Tools for Investigating Gunshot Wounds in Veterinary Forensic Pathology [PDF]
AnimalsGunshot wound morphology and gunshot residues (GSRs) evaluation have been poorly investigated in veterinary forensic pathology. The aims of the present study were to assess the gunshot wound morphology in animals and evaluate the detectability of lead ...
Giuseppe Piegari +9 more
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Spinal Gunshot Wounds: Pattern and Associated Lesions in Civilians [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2018 Study Design Retrospective, descriptive case series study. Purpose To investigate the frequency, bone pattern, and associated lesions to the spine of gunshot wounds.
Jorge Arturo Cabrera Escamilla +5 more
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Civilian gunshot wounds to the head: a case report, clinical management, and literature review
Chinese Neurosurgical Journal, 2021 Background Civilian gunshot wounds to the head refer to brain injury caused by projectiles such as gun projectiles and various fragments generated by explosives in a power launch or explosion.
Haoyi Qi, Kunzheng Li
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Experimental investigation of animals survival adequacy and efficacy in case of their soft tissues gunshot wounds using the thermometry technique [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022 The problem of gunshot wounds treatment is one of the urgent and incompletely resolved issues of modern surgery. Diagnosis of gunshot wounds is currently not efficient enough.
I. Lurin +4 more
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Links between traumatic brain injury and ballistic pressure waves originating in the thoracic cavity and extremities [PDF]
Brain Injury, Volume 21, Issue 7, June 2007, pages 657-662, 2008 Identifying patients at risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is important because research suggests prophylactic treatments to reduce risk of long-term sequelae. Blast pressure waves can cause TBI without penetrating wounds or blunt force trauma. Similarly, bullet impacts distant from the brain can produce pressure waves sufficient to cause mild to ...
Alexander MP +29 more
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