Penetrating ocular injury from motor vehicle rear-view side-mirror

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This is an insightful paper on Latin America as a development disappointment. I agree with the authors that Latin America’s performance over the last two decades, or the last five decades, or even the last century is a disappointment. However, the authors’ perspectives on this disappointment are a little open to question. First is the claim that Latin America is a unique disappointment. They ma...

Chronic heart failure: a look through the rear view mirror.

Heart failure is now the most common condition that leads to hospital admission in industrialized nations. Although the overall prognosis for patients with chronic heart failure is still gloomy, and similar to that of many of the most common forms of cancer, a combination of pre-clinical and clinical research conducted over the past 25 years has led to five significant advances, each of which h...

Side impact motor vehicle crashes: driver, passenger, vehicle and crash characteristics for fatally and nonfatally-injured rear-seated adults

BACKGROUND Most studies of rear-seated occupants have focused on or included pediatric occupants which may not translate to adults. This study examines passenger, driver, vehicle and crash characteristics for rear-seated adult occupants involved in side crashes. METHODS The National Automotive Sampling System General Estimates System (NASS/GES) for calendar years 2011-2014 was used with accom...

Penetrating ocular injury by durian fruit.

Durian may inflict severe body injury when it drops from the tree. This case report describes a patient who presented with facial and penetrating eye injury when a ripe durian fruit dropped onto her face while harvesting the fruits under the tree. The authors emphasized the importance of facial and eye protective devices during durian fruit harvesting season.

Serious paediatric head trauma caused by vehicle rear view mirrors.