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Pneumopericardium following stab wound

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2009
A 42-year-old man was transferred from a psychiatric hospital with thoracic stab wounds after a suicide attempt (fig 1A). Due to patient stability, we performed an emergency computed tomography (CT), revealing the presence of pneumopericardium (fig 1B). The patient was …
M, Konstantinou, T, Sakellaridis, I, Panagiotou, G, Koulaxouzidis, K, Pottaris, G, Chamalakis   +5 more
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Stab wounds of the innominate artery

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1996
Innominate artery stab wounds are rarely encountered, and the optimal management of this injury is different from that of blunt innominate injury in that permanent bypass shunting should not be necessary.The records of 19 patients with stab wounds of the innominate artery who were treated by our department from January 1982 to June 1995 were reviewed ...
J O, Fulton, M K, De Groot, U O, von Oppell   +2 more
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Suicidal Stab Wounds of the Throat

Medicine, Science and the Law, 1991
Suicide by stabbing one's throat remains very rare and very few cases have been reported in the forensic literature. In such cases, the important distinction is between suicide and homicide. The direction of stab wounds, their depth, site and number have particular importance in helping to recognize suicide.
A, Chadly, B, Marc, F, Paraire, M, Durigon   +3 more
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Sinography of abdominal stab wounds

The American Journal of Surgery, 1969
Abstract 1. 1. Sinograms have been performed on thirty patients after stab wounds of the abdomen. In eighteen patients no radiographic evidence of peritoneal penetration was found. Fourteen of these patients avoided having an otherwise needless operation. In four, however, clinical judgment dictated laparotomy, which proved to be unnecessary. 2.
C, Trimble, M, Pomerantz, B, Eiseman
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STAB WOUND OF ORBIT AND ANTRUM

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1948
PENETRATING wounds of the orbits and sinuses were common during the war. In civilian life, however, they are infrequent. A case observed by me was sufficiently interesting to merit being reported. A woman about 35 years of age walked into the admitting room of Michael Reese Hospital during the night of April 20, 1947, stating that she had been stabbed
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ABDOMINAL STAB WOUNDS

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1976
This paper reviews a 30-month experience with 172 patients suffering abdominal stab wounds treated at the Denver General Hospital, during a period when policy included liberal sinography and all penetrating injuries were explored. Laparotomy was performed in 87%.
G E, Aragón, B, Eiseman
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ORBITAL AND TRANSORBITAL STAB WOUNDS

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1954
IT IS NOT rare for orbital stab wounds to become fatal if no specific intervention is made. This is due to the common occurrence of additional, transorbital complications. Nevertheless, no particular attention has been paid to this type of lesion; in the ophthalmological and neurosurgical literature the contributions to the discussion of the subject ...
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Duty in reporting stab wounds

BMJ, 2009
Doctors should already be telling the police whenever a person arrives at hospital with a wound inflicted in a violent attack with a knife, blade, or other sharp instrument.1 This duty was contained in interim joint guidance from the General Medical Council and the Department of Health in August 2008. The police should not …
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Stab wounds

Nursing Standard, 2009
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Stab Wounds of the Chest

Australasian Radiology, 1964
G, SHNIER, A, STEIN
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