Although most trauma centers have experience with the imaging and management of
gunshot wounds, in most regions blast wounds such as the ones encountered in terrorist …

Introduction Blast injury is a unique condition that carries a high rate of morbidity and
mortality, often with mixed penetrating and blunt injuries. Objective This review highlights the …

“What a wonderful resource!"--Doody's Medical Reviews “The 4th Edition is unique in
recognizing the rapid changes in both the causes of crises and the latest attempts to provide …

Background Management of penetrating abdominal war injuries centers upon triage,
echeloned care, and damage control. A civilian hospital based in a war zone can rarely rely …

The impact of the constantly changing world on healthcare in recent years, technological
innovations and economic austerity, as well as, the increasing number of pure “Social …

Purpose An increasing number of international and domestic armed conflicts, including
terror attacks on civilians, along with constrained healthcare finance and resource limitation …

Severe traumatic injury leads to marked systemic inflammation and multiorgan injury.
Endogenous drivers such as extracellular nucleic acid may play a role in mediating innate …

Oblique shock wave-interface interactions of gases and liquids have been extensively
studied in shock tubes using optical methods to measure equation-of-state (EOS) …

Injury due to the penetration of fragments into parts of the body has been the major cause of
morbidity and mortality after an explosion. Penetrating injuries into the heart present very …

El término blast se utiliza para designar las lesiones anatómicas y el síndrome clínico
provocados por la exposición del organismo a los efectos de una onda de choque …