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Wound specific quality of life after blast or gunshot injury: Validation of the wound QoL instrument

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Acute blast or gunshot wounds have a negative effect on the patients’ health related quality of life (HRQoL). No validated instrument exists to assess the HRQoL of patients with such wounds.
Andreas Älgå, Jonas Malmstedt, Ann-Mari Fagerdahl   +2 more
doaj  

Road mortality mitigation for red wolves requires a landscape approach

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
In 1980, the red wolf Canis rufus was declared extinct in the wild. However, starting in 1987, a captive breeding program allowed for a reintroduction effort in and around Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (Alligator River NWR), North Carolina, USA. In 2012 the wild red wolf population peaked at about 120 individuals.
Marcel P. Huijser, James S. Begley
wiley   +1 more source

Civilian gunshot wounds to the genitourinary tract: incidence, anatomic distribution, associated injuries, and outcomes

, 2010
Gunshot wounds (GSW) affecting the genitourinary (GU) system in civilians are uncommon. This study describes the incidence, anatomic distribution, demographics, associated injuries, management, and outcomes after civilian GU ...
Tannast, M, Soheil Najibi, Najibi, S, Jerilyn M. Latini, Latini, JM, Moritz Tannast   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Firearms as a Market‐Driven Epidemic: Potential Pathways to Reduce Preventable Firearm‐Related Harm in the United States

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points For half a century, firearm‐related deaths and injuries have been endemic in the United States, with COVID‐19 contributing to a record high of 48,830 deaths in 2021, an epidemic rate increase. By 2023, national trends masked a significant 10‐fold difference in firearm‐related death rates among states.
ESZTER RIMÁNYI, JONATHAN D. QUICK, STEPHEN W. HARGARTEN, CHARLES C. BRANAS, SANDRO GALEA, NASON MAANI, JONATHAN LOWY, ZAIN HUSSAIN, NICHOLAS HOFFMANN   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gunshot wounds of the joints

, 2011
Universitätsklinik für Orthopädische ...
Najibi, S, Dougherty, P.J, Tannast, Moritz   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Catholic Values and Gender Politics in the Colombian Mass Media: Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO) in the 1970s

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 1970s were a decade of huge change for women in Colombia, from the legalisation of divorce to increased access to education, labour market participation and contraception. This article examines how the Catholic non‐governmental organisation Acción Cultural Popular (Popular Cultural Action, ACPO) responded to women's changing roles and ...
Anna Cant
wiley   +1 more source

Selective non–operative treatment of gunshot penetrating abdominal wounds

Український журнал клінічної хірургії
Objective. To analyse own experience and determine the feasibility and tactics of selective non–operative treatment of gunshot penetrating abdominal wounds. Materials and methods.
E. M. Khoroshun, I. A. Lurin, V. V. Makarov, S. I. Panasenko, V. V. Negoduyko, S. A. Shipilov, Y. V. Bunin, R. V. Salyutin   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indirect fractures in long bones resulting from gunshot trauma: Occurrence, characterization, and need for additional research

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Indirect fractures from gunshot wounds can occur when a projectile impacts soft tissue without making direct contact with the bone. Existing biomechanical and clinical research suggests that indirect fractures result in lower levels of comminution, and that resultant fracture patterns can resemble those seen in blunt force trauma (e.g., wedge ...
Alexandra Semma Tamayo, Thomas Gallagher, Anna L. Medendorp, Tal Simmons, Laure Spake   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Suicides disguised as homicides through weapon concealment: A two‐way copycat phenomenon between fiction and real world

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Suicides disguised as homicides present a persistent challenge in forensic case analysis, particularly when the weapon is deliberately removed after discharge. This study investigates the evolution of weapon concealment techniques—specifically the “load‐and‐rope” and “helium balloon‐tied gun” methods—across documented casework, forensic ...
Ernesto Damiani, Alessia Comacchio, Andrea Porzionato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skull and brain gunshot wound during the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. Report 1. Clinical, functional and structural features

Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal, 2015
Purpose. To study features skull and brain of gunshot wounds (SBGW) in local fighting in the East of Ukraine.Material and methods. The results of complex examination and treatment of 790 injured persons been treated in Mechnikov Dnipropetrovsk
Andriy Sirko
doaj   +1 more source