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From January 1989 to December 1992, in the Institute of Clinical Surgery of the University of Perugia, 102 patients were admitted for thoracic trauma. Two patients with an open thoracic trauma, both presenting multiple shot-wounds, underwent an explorative thoracotomy.
MAZIERI M +7 more
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IntroductionMotor vehicular trauma, bite wounds, high-rise syndrome, and trauma of unknown origin are common reasons cats present to the emergency service. In small animals, thoracic injuries are often associated with trauma.
Pierre-André Vidal +9 more
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Thoracic trauma poses a risk of injury to the thoracic organs and great vessels, including the coronaries. We present an interesting case of occult, life-threatening coronary bypass graft injury resulting from thoracic trauma. In this case, the diagnosis
Teresa Ojode, Joshua W. Sappenfield
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The ROX index as a predictor of standard oxygen therapy outcomes in thoracic trauma
Background Thoracic trauma is commonplace and accounts for 50–70% of the injuries found in severe trauma. Little information is available in the literature as to timing of endotracheal intubation.
Adrien Cornillon +9 more
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The effect of body mass index on chest trauma severity and prognosis [PDF]
AIM: Patients with thoracic trauma constitute one third of all the trauma cases, in west Sicily were recorded 941 thoracic trauma during the period between 2006 and 2009. Sicily is one of the Italian regions with the highest rate of obesity: some studies
Cajozzo, M. +4 more
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Identifying patients at risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is important because research suggests prophylactic treatments to reduce risk of long-term sequelae.
Alexander MP +29 more
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Death by Facial and Skull Injuries of a Motorcyclist Wearing a Full-Face Helmet: Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
We describe a case of death by facial and skull fractures with brain injuries of a motorcyclist wearing a full-face helmet. A 40-year-old man driving a high-powered motorcycle crashed violently into the rear of a stopped car.
Mondello, Cristina +1 more
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Clinical Validation of Plasma p‐217tau in Neurological Diseases
ABSTRACT Objective Plasma p‐217tau is a minimally invasive but specific biomarker for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its disease specificity remains to be clinically evaluated. We validated the reliability of the p‐217tau biomarker in 12 other neurological diseases.
Takeshi Kawarabayashi +13 more
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Predictors of chest drainage complications in trauma patients
Objective: to identify predictors of chest drainage complications in trauma patients attended at a University Hospital. Methods: we conducted a retrospective study of 68 patients submitted to thoracic drainage after trauma, in a one-year period.
CECÍLIA ARAÚJO MENDES +1 more
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Surgical treatment of wounded persons with complicated thoracic damages
Objective. To improve the results of complex surgical treatment of wounded and injured persons with thoracic trauma, complicated by bronchopleural fistulas, pleural empyema and defects in the thoracic wall soft tissues, basing on introduction of the ...
Ya. L. Zarutskyi +9 more
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