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Abstract Background Prehospital emergencies require providers to rapidly identify patients’ medical condition and determine treatment needs. We tested whether medics’ initial, written impressions of patient condition contain information that can help identify patients who require prehospital lifesaving interventions (LSI) prior to or during transport ...
Aaron C. Weidman+7 more
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Wound pH depends on actual wound size [PDF]
Wound healing is an intricate process that involves many types of cells, reaction pathways as well as chemical, physical and electrical cues. Since biochemical reactions and physiological events are pH-dependent we study here pH as an important major characteristic of the wound healing process in the presence of endogenous and exogenous electric fields.
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Abstract Objective Calibration and discrimination indicators alone are insufficient for evaluating the clinical usefulness of prediction models, as they do not account for the cost of misclassification errors. This study aimed to modify the Geriatric Trauma Outcome Score (GTOS) and assess the clinical utility of the modified model using net benefit (NB)
Pawan Acharya+5 more
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Features of complex surgical treatment of gunshot wounds of major vessels’ combat trauma
Introduction. The frequency of wounds and injuries of the great vessels in modern military conflicts has increased significantly (7.5-9.0%). At the same time, 90% of combat vascular injuries are injuries to the arteries and veins of the extremities ...
S. O. Korol+6 more
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The work of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) is often the difference between life and death for a patient. EMTs respond to various medical emergencies including car accidents, heart attacks, slips and falls of the elderly, childbirth, and gunshot ...
Mietlicki, Robert
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Discordance of Gross and Histologic Findings in Estimating the Range of Fire of Gunshot Wounds [PDF]
Forensic pathologist use soot and/or stippling surrounding entrance gunshot wounds in categorizing range of fire. If absent, some pathologists suggest utilizing histology when the range is diagnostically critical.
Amley, Jeffery+7 more
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Abstract This essay traces the entangled legacies of political violence, memory, and kinship by following the life of the author's father, whose adult years unfolded under Chile's dictatorship (1973–1990). Through intimate conversations and ethnographic attention to domestic life, it explores how closeness to and eventual disillusionment with state ...
Nicolás Díaz Letelier
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Cranio-cerebral gunshot wounds
Cranio-cerebral gunshots wounds (CCGW) are the most devastating injuries to the central nervous system, especially made by high velocity bullets, the most devastating, severe and usually fatal type of missile injury to the head.
C. Majer, G. Iacob
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SURGICAL APPROACH FOR STOMACH WOUNDS CAUSED BY GUNSHOTS OF LIMITED DAMAGE
In peacetime conditions wounds caused by gunshots of limited damage have been occurred in emergency surgical care more and more frequently. Despite of the established approach in the treatment of gunshot stomach wounds, the authors of this article have ...
R. N. Gareev+5 more
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Огнестрельные проникающие ранения позвоночника и спинного мозга [PDF]
Дослідження присвячене особливостям найбільш важкого виду спінальних вогнепальних ушкоджень - проникаючим пораненням.Research is devoted to the peculiarities of the most severe form of spinal gunshot wounds - a penetrating ...
Максимов, С.А.
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