FATAL ACCIDENT TO A MEDICAL MAN.

[Spinal traumas in fatal accident injuries].

A review of fatal accident incidence rate trends

Background: Injury prevention in fishing is one of the most important occupational health challenges. Aim: The aim was to describe and compare internationally the trends of the fatal injury incidence rates and to discuss the impact of the implemented safety programs. Materials and methods: The review is based on journal articles and reports from the maritime authorities in Poland, United Kingdo...

A review of fatal accident incidence rate trends in fishing.

BACKGROUND Injury prevention in fishing is one of the most important occupational health challenges. AIM The aim was to describe and compare internationally the trends of the fatal injury incidence rates and to discuss the impact of the implemented safety programs. MATERIALS AND METHODS The review is based on journal articles and reports from the maritime authorities in Poland, United Kingd...

Cerebrovascular accident in a 77-year-old man.

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Fatal Babesiosis in Man, Finland, 2004

We report an unusual case of human babesiosis in Finland in a 53-year-old man with no history of splenectomy. He had a rudimentary spleen, coexisting Lyme borreliosis, exceptional dark streaks on his extremities, and subsequent disseminated aspergillosis. He was infected with Babesia divergens, which usually causes bovine babesiosis in Finland.