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Subcutaneous and visceral fat are associated with worse outcomes in gunshot injuries but not stab injuries to the torso

open access: yesTrauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2023
Purpose The effect of obesity in penetrating trauma outcomes is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a protective effect of subcutaneous or visceral fat from stab and gunshot wounds.Methods 443 patients admitted after
Christopher Mejias   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radiculopathy as Delayed Presentations of Retained Spinal Bullet. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Bullet injuries to the spine may cause injury to the anatomical structures with or without neurologic deterioration. Most bullet injuries are acute, resulting from direct injury. However, in rare cases, delayed injury may occur, resulting in claudication.
Choi, Man Kyu   +3 more
core   +1 more source

GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE BOWELS. [PDF]

open access: yesJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1905
Patient. —June 18, 1905, a girl, 13 years of age, while carelessly handling a 22-caliber rifle, shot herself in the abdomen one and one-half inches to the right and slightly below the middle of a line drawn from the umbilicus to the os pubis. She resided at a farmhouse ten miles in the country.
openaire   +2 more sources

Pediatric intracranial gunshot wounds: the Memphis experience.

open access: yesJournal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 2016
OBJECTIVE Penetrating brain injury in civilians is much less common than blunt brain injury but is more severe overall. Gunshot wounds (GSWs) cause high morbidity and mortality related to penetrating brain injury; however, there are few reports on the ...
M. DeCuypere   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Is Ophthalmology Consult Needed for Acute Orbital Fractures?

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Failure to recognize concomitant ocular injury in orbital fracture patients is a feared consequence of evaluation in the acute setting. These injuries and their accompanying functional sequelae range in severity, and reconstructive surgeons need to be sensitive to the possibility of major ocular injuries that could potentially have serious ...
Katherine L. Webb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

History of the Innovation of Damage Control for Management of Trauma Patients: 1902-2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: To review the history of the innovation of damage control (DC) for management of trauma patients. Background: DC is an important development in trauma care that provides a valuable case study in surgical innovation.
Ball, Chad G.   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Microbial Colonization and Associated Factors in Indwelling Urinary Catheters: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesResearch in Nursing &Health, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 349-359, June 2025.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to determine microbial colonization in indwelling urinary catheters (UCs) and identify patient‐specific risk factors associated with this colonization. This cross‐sectional study involved 61 hospitalized intensive care unit patients with indwelling UCs.
Melike Durukan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gunshot injury to the colon by expanding bullets in combat patients wounded in hybrid period of the Russian-Ukrainian war during 2014–2020

open access: yesBMC Surgery, 2023
Background A gunshot wound to the colon is a frequent injury in armed conflicts. An example of a high-energy modern weapon is hollow-point bullets, which is associated with increased tissue damage and lethal outcome. The aim of this study was to evaluate
Kostiantyn Gumeniuk   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Functional independence trajectories over 5 years in older veterans with traumatic brain injury: A model systems study

open access: yesPM&R, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Research on older adults who sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) has predominantly been on civilian, nonveteran populations. Military populations experience higher rates of TBI and often experience the additive effects of TBI and other comorbid disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder and/or substance use that may ...
Mia E. Dini   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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