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Metals detected by ICP/MS in wound tissue of war injuries without fragments in Gaza [PDF]
, 2010 Background. The amount and identity of metals incorporated into "weapons without fragments" remain undisclosed to health personnel. This poses a long-term risk of assumption and contributes to additional hazards for victims because of increased ...
Sobhi Skaik +6 more
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Very large haematoma following the nonoperative management of a blunt splenic injury in a patient with preexisting liver cirrhosis: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2022 The spleen is the most commonly injured organ after blunt abdominal trauma. Nonoperative management (NOM) is the standard treatment for blunt splenic injuries in haemodynamically stable patients without peritonitis.
Euisung Jeong +5 more
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Small Bowel Entrapment Following Pelvic Fracture: A Case Report
Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma, 2022 Background: Due to traumatic events, patients with acetabular fractures are vulnerable to rupture of the peritoneum and abdominal hernia in the fracture site. Infection and thromboembolic events are the two most common complications of this situation.
Hadi Ravanbod +4 more
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A Profile of Injuries Sustained by Firefighters: A Critical Review [PDF]
, 2019 Firefighters, along with other tactical personnel, are at a high risk of work-related physical injury above that of the private sector. The aim of this critical narrative review was to identify, critically appraise and synthesise key findings from recent
Canetti, Elisa +3 more
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Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesOBJETIVO: Baseado no conceito de cirurgia para controle de danos (damage control), o presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar, epidemiologicamente, os pacientes submetidos a esta modalidade cirúrgica no Hospital Universitário Cajuru (HUC), em Curitiba ...
Carla Martinez Menini Stalhschmidt +2 more
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History of the Innovation of Damage Control for Management of Trauma Patients: 1902-2016 [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: To review the history of the innovation of damage control (DC) for management of trauma patients. Background: DC is an important development in trauma care that provides a valuable case study in surgical innovation.
Ball, Chad G. +9 more
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Cirurgia para controle do dano: uma revisão
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesDamage control surgery is one of the major advances in surgical practice in the last 20 years. The indications for damage control surgery are: the need to terminate a laparotomy rapidly in an exsanguinating, hypothermic patient who had developed a ...
Ricardo Antônio Correia Lima +1 more
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Wounding patterns and human performance in knife attacks: optimising the protection provided by knife-resistant body armour [PDF]
, 2003 Stab attacks generate high loads,1 and to defeat them, armour needs to be of a certain thickness and stiffness.2,3 Slash attacks produce much lower loads and armour designed to defeat them can be far lighter and more flexible.Methods and subjects: Phase
Bleetman, A +3 more
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Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de CirurgiõesOBJETIVO: Determinar as características comuns referentes ao mecanismo de trauma, lesões anatômicas e fisiológicas, dor abdominal e à fratura de costelas das vítimas de trauma hepático contuso, no momento da admissão hospitalar.
Luiz Carlos von Bahten +4 more
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Outcomes and costs of penetrating trauma injury in England and Wales [PDF]
, 2008 The official published version of the article can be found at the link below.Background: Penetrating trauma injury is generally associated with higher short-term mortality than blunt trauma, and results in substantial societal costs given the young age ...
Christensen, MC +4 more
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