作者
Steven G Scott, Heather G Belanger, Rodney D Vanderploeg, Jill Massengale, Joel Scholten
发表日期
2006/5/1
期刊
Journal of Osteopathic Medicine
卷号
106
期号
5
页码范围
265-270
出版商
American Osteopathic Association
简介
Civilians and military personnel alike are increasingly being exposed to explosives in war zones and other regions of political conflict and, consequently, they are suffering associated blast-related polytrauma (multiple complex injuries). Although acute, emergency-based medical care for patients with blast-related trauma has been well described, postacute clinical management—which is of greatest interest to primary care physicians and rehabilitation specialists—has not been well discussed or researched. The authors offer a description of the common injuries seen in patients with blast-related polytrauma, as well as a conceptual model of a potential evaluation and treatment strategy in the postacute setting. Although medical evaluation of a patient typically proceeds in a sequential manner based on primary symptoms, the authors advocate a parallel approach to patient evaluation based on mechanism …
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