Reactive astrogliosis is a characteristic response of astrocytes to inflammation and trauma of the adult CNS. To assess the hypothesis that cytokines from inflammatory mononuclear cells that accumulate around lesion sites have a role in modulating astrogliosis, this study sought to take advantage of the neonatal system in which astrogliosis is reported to be minimal following injury and in whic...

BACKGROUND Managing hemodynamically stable patients with thoracoabdominal stab wounds is still under dispute. This study aimed at discussing cut-off points of red blood cell (RBC) count in diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) effluent in these patients. METHODS Three hundred and eighty-eight patients with thoracoabdominal stab wounds and hemodynamically stable status were enrolled. In cases wit...

INTRODUCTION Stab wounds resulting in spinal cord injuries are very rare. In direct central back stabbings, the layers of muscles and the spinal column tends to deflect blades, rarely causing injuries to the spinal cord. We report an unusual case of traumatic spinal cord injury by a screwdriver stab, presented as Brown-Séquard syndrome and discuss possible pitfalls on the surgical treatment. ...

UNLABELLED ITRODUCTION: Cardiac injuries today are not rare and they present a significant group of pathological cardiac diseases, with a large number of the injured (60-90%) dying before being transported to the hospital. CASE REPORT A patient with a stab wound of the right chamber, upper abdomen and pelvis, in a state of hemorrhagic shock, was successfully managed after being reanimated. ...

This article provides an overview of scar management within the forehead region. It addresses the unique challenges specific to the treatment of forehead wounds. A logical, stepwise approach is used. A subsite based treatment algorithm is provided along with a review of current best practices. Pertinent case examples are included for demonstration purposes.

Maung Than Dyine, a Burman, age 31, was brought to hospital about mid-day ou 13th March 1911, with a stab wound of the abdomen and one in the chest. Both wounds were about 1 inch in length. The abdominal wound was below and to the left of the umbilicus, and the thoracic wound was in the ninth interspace 011 the left side?just in front of the posterior axillary line. The wounds had been inflicte...

A 42-year-old male was assisted from a car in front of our inner city stand-alone emergency department (ED) with a stab wound to the right chest. He was confused and bleeding; his past medical history was unknown. The patient was diaphoretic, pale and confused with a large vertical stab wound over his right chest with no other obvious injuries. On initial exam in the outlying ED, his back was o...

We define a notion of formula schema handling arithmetic parameters, indexed propositional variables (e.g. Pi) and iterated conjunctions/disjunctions (e.g. Vn i=1 Pi, where n is a parameter). Iterated conjunctions or disjunctions are part of their syntax. We define a sound and complete (w.r.t. satisfiability) tableaux-based proof procedure for this language. This schemata calculus (called stab)...

Twenty-four cases of penetrating cardiac injuries due to stab wounds, which were seen over a 3-year period, are reviewed. Ten patients were treated by aspiration alone because tamponade was mild, or because they were seen more than 12 hours after injury. One patient with multiple stab wounds in the ventricles and left atrium died during emergency thoracotomy in the admission room. The mortality...