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Management of Critical Burn Injuries: Recent Developments [PDF]
Background Burn injury and its subsequent multisystem effects are commonly encountered by acute care practitioners. Resuscitation is the major component of initial burn care and must be managed to restore and preserve vital organ function.
David J. Dries, John J. Marini
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Electrical injury and lightning injury of the nervous system [PDF]
Edvard Ehler, Ivana Štětkářová
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ABSTRACT Background Critically ill patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission suffer from muscle weakness that persists for years. Recently, altered RNA expression was documented in muscle of former ICU patients 5 years after critical illness that suggested disrupted mitochondrial function, disturbed lipid metabolism and fibrosis, of which ...
Ceren Uzun Ayar +4 more
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ABSTRACT Academic freedom is widely regarded as a cornerstone of democratic society, yet its public legitimacy remains contested. This article examined how citizens in two democracies (Japan and the United Kingdom) understand and evaluate academic freedom across different issue domains.
Steven David Pickering +2 more
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A shocking injury: A clinical review of lightning injuries highlighting pitfalls and a treatment protocol [PDF]
Rick van Ruler +3 more
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Abstract We created the first annually resolved records of historical fire occurrence coupled with precise estimates of tree establishment for the northern half of the west slope of the Oregon Cascades, a region that is home to some of the most productive forests on earth.
James D. Johnston +3 more
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Coal Mine Safety and Health [PDF]
[Excerpt] Safety in the coal mining industry is much improved compared to the early decades of the twentieth century, a time when hundreds of miners could lose their lives in a single accident and more than 1,000 fatalities could occur in a single year ...
Levine, Linda
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A rare manifestation of burns after lightning strike in rural Ghana: a case report
Background Lightning is a natural phenomenon that mostly affects countries in the tropical and subtropical regions of the globe, including Ghana. Lightning strikes pose a global public health issue.
Paschal Awingura Apanga +2 more
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Guidelines for a proposed lightning protection policy of a golf association or tournament sponsor [PDF]
Because lightning causes many deaths and injuries each year on golf courses, guidelines are given for measures to be taken during golf events. Recommendations are given relative to warning systems, shelters, suspension of play, and the distribution of ...
Hillyer, Charles C.
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This study integrates multi‐source geospatial data and fire risk modeling to provide the first quantitative analysis of the dynamic impacts of ritual fires on urban‐forest interface zones. Unlike conventional static risk assessment methods, our proposed temporal evolution model elucidates the coupling mechanisms between anthropogenic activities and ...
Sicong Zhou
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