A 55-year-old man with multiple pellet injuries was brought to the Emergency room. In his physical examination, there were multiple wounds in face, neck, shoulders, arms, thorax and upper abdomen. The therapeutic options include pericardial drainage, conservative treatment, and surgical removal of the pellet. But, he was successfully managed with conservative medical treatment. This case showed...

The air rifle: a dangerous weapon Airgun injuries are common among children. Though several reports of eye and soft-tissue injuries have been published, intra-abdominal injuries are apparently rare. I report a case of gastric perforation by an airgun pellet, which exemplifies the potentially lethal injuries that these weapons can inflict. Though the current laws restricting the possession and u...

Pelleting costs money, and better pellets cost a little more. Payback comes in the form of convenience in handling the feed and more efficient use of the feed by the animal. Improved efficiency is due in part to heat processing which reduces pathogens and makes starches more digestible. A significant portion of the improvement is related to the physical form of the pellet. Durable pellets reduc...

The infusion of autologous blood into the brain of rats is a widely used model of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Careful assessment of functional recovery is an essential part of preclinical testing (e.g., putative cytoprotectants). However, few tests detect long-term deficits in this model. In this study, we used the staircase and single pellet tests to characterize skilled reaching ability a...

PURPOSE To study the spatial variances in ligand expression and angiogenic effect in response to the inflammatory response induced by basic fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF). METHODS b-FGF micropellets (80 ng) were implanted in the temporal side of the cornea of Balb/c mice. On days 1, 3, and 7, blood (heme-) and lymphangiogenesis were observed by immunofluorescence staining of corneal flat mo...

Pellet combustion in residential heating stoves has increased globally during the last decade. In this study, environmental simulation chamber experiments were performed to characterize fresh and aged organic aerosol emitted by a pellet stove.