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ASYMPTOMATIC STAB WOUNDS OF THE CHEST

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1994
In a prospective study of 4,106 consecutive cases of initially asymptomatic stab wounds of the chest, 88% were successfully treated as outpatients after negative findings on a repeat chest x-ray film 6 hours after presentation, 12% of patients required tube thoracostomy for delayed pneumothoraces of hemothoraces, 0.2% required thoracotomy for delayed ...
Jonathan Wasserberger, Gary J. Ordog, William C. Shoemaker, Subramanium Balasubramanium   +3 more
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The comparison of characteristic and clinical features of self-inflicted abdominal stab wound patients in Japan: simple stab wounds versus Hara-kiri wounds.

Journal of Trauma, 2008
BACKGROUND The proportion of suicide attempts by infliction of abdominal stab wounds (ASWs) is higher in Japan than in other counties. There are few clinical reports on these wounds, especially hara-kiri wounds, which involve transversely cutting the ...
S. Morita, S. Inokuchi, Hiromichi Aoki, T. Yamagiwa, Sinichi Iizuka, Y. Nakagawa, I. Yamamoto   +6 more
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An unusual death by transcranial stab wound: homicide or suicide?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2008
Penetrating stab wounds of the brain are uncommonly seen in modern times and occur almost exclusively in homicides. We report an unusual death by self-stabbing.
P. Saint-Martin, S. Prat, M. Bouyssy, S. Sarraj, P. O’Byrne   +4 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, Ben Eiseman
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Stab Wound to the Chest [PDF]

, 2015
A 20-year-old male is brought in by paramedics after suffering two stab wounds to his chest. In the emergency department (ED), the patient is awake but combative. He responds to questions by stating his name but is flailing his arms and shouting to everyone to leave him alone. His breath smells of alcohol. On physical examination, his blood pressure is
Omid Yousefian, Dennis Y. Kim, Areg Grigorian, Christian de Virgilio   +3 more
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Posterior Abdominal Stab Wounds

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1981
Selective management of 465 patients with stab wounds limited to the posterior abdomen is reviewed. Celiotomy was based primarily on clinical findings. Tenderness not localized to the area of injury and absent or rare bowel sounds best identified patients with serious injuries. Peritoneal lavage and local wound exploration were used infrequently.
Thomas V. Berne, James J. Peck
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Improved medical treatment could explain a decrease in homicides with a single stab wound

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 2020
A. H. Thomsen, P. Villesen, O. Brink, P. Leth, H. Hougen   +4 more
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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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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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