CRUSHED-CAN WEIGHT

Management of the crushed chest.

Thoracic injuries are very common among trauma victims. This article reviews the current literature on the management of multiple aspects of the care of the patient with severe chest injury. The mechanics of chest injury are complex and varied. Chest wall injuries are the most common and noticeable manifestation of thoracic trauma. Overall morbidity and mortality are primarily determined by ass...

The crushed chest.

The congestion of our roads and the higher speeds of motor vehicles have caused a progressive rise in the incidence of severe chest injuries and in consequence there is today a better appreciation of their lethal nature. The most outstanding landmark ill a decade of progress has been the establishment by Carter and Giuseffi (195 1) of the value of tracheostomy. By eliminating the dead space, fa...

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: Weight Loss Can Be a Problem, Weight Gain Can Be a Solution

INTRODUCTION Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is a rare acquired disorder, which in the present case had an acute and unusual way of presentation. CASE REPORT We present a 17-year-old female with nausea, vomiting, and intense epigastric pain. In the previous 6 months, she had lost 42% of her body weight. The echography showed a distended stomach that reached the pelvis, and the naso...

Internal Curing with Crushed Returned Concrete Aggregates

High performance concrete (HPC) requires a low water-to-cementitious materials mass ratio (w/cm), often with the inclusion of supplemental cementitious materials such as silica fume in the mixture, thus necessitating the use of a superplasticizer. Because of the low w/cm and rapid reaction at early ages, proper curing from the earliest time possible is very essential in HPC. Internal curing has...

Crushed chest injury and artificial ventilation.