Noninvasive Cardiac Index Monitoring in Gunshot Wound Victims

Virtual autopsy: preliminary experience in high-velocity gunshot wound victims.

PURPOSE To retrospectively assess virtual autopsy performed with multidetector computed tomography (CT) for the forensic evaluation of gunshot wound victims. MATERIALS AND METHODS The institutional review board approved this HIPAA-compliant study and did not require informed consent of the next of kin. Thirteen consecutive male gunshot wound victims (mean age, 27 years) were scanned with 16-s...

Gunshot wound in pregnancy.

G wounds to the gravid uterus and fetus are becoming more common. In most cases, a pregnant uterus is a target in the second and third trimester. The gravid uterus often shield other maternal organs, and the mother may survive such injuries while the fetus is effected.1 Survival of the infant depends on the type of injury, degree of intrauterine asphyxia, maturity, and postnatal course. A 16-ye...

Case of Gunshot Wound

Gunshot Wound Followed by Pulmonary Embolism and Cardiac Thrombosis

While at Balasore, officiating for SurgeonMajor Zorab, I was summoned hastily to see ft young Ooriah admitted into the Balasore Pilgrim Hospital, with a gun-shot wound of the liver. It did not take me long driving down, when I found the patient with a small bullet wound over the right hypocondrium corresponding with the 9th rib. I elicited on enquiry he had been accidentally shot by the chowkid...

Lead Toxicity Risks in Gunshot Victims

BACKGROUND Gunshot wounds require surgeons to decide whether to remove or leave bullet fragments in the body. Surgeons also decide how to follow up with patients who have lead fragments retained in their body. Current literature recommends to remove only intra-articular fragments without the need for a follow-up for patients with the metal retained. Therefore, this study investigates chronic le...