Objective: There are controversies regarding the management of Cerebral Contusion. The study sought to identify parameters influencing surgical outcome individuals suffering from a brain contusion.
 Methods: A quasi-experimental was conducted at Department Neurosurgery, Mayo Hospital Lahore, and 37 patients were included. information on mode/mechanism injury, time presentation, clinical co...

Three cases of pulmonary contusion occurred in children as a result of injuries from "rubber bullets." Radiological changes were evident soon after the injury, and in one case these persisted for two months. Symptoms disappeared quickly in all three cases.

Pneumonia is diagnosed and treated with symptoms of fever, cough, expectoration and chest X ray showing evidence of consolidation. When a pattern of opacification does not fit into segmental or lobar pattern, reevaluation is essential. We report a case of 18 yr old boy with symptoms of respiratory infection, and X ray diagnosis suggestive of infective consolidation which turned out to be a case...

A previously fit 22 year old man was struck in the chest by a concrete block dropped through the windscreen of his car while he was driving on the motorway. He suffered extensive chest wall trauma and lung contusion, which subsequently precipitated acute respiratory distress. On admission ECG showed right bundle branch block and left axis deviation. Three days later QRS duration was normal but ...

purpose :   despite numerous studies which have been done regarding soccer injuries worldwide, there is lack of available data considering the epidemiology of injuries in the iranian soccer premier league , although it is the most popular sport in the country. t he main goal of this research was to determine the incidence of physical injuries in the studied population, considering other charact...

Establishing the etiology of tachycardia in a trauma patient is often difficult. Pediatric trauma patients present an even tougher challenge. Cardiac contusion should be suspected when other more common traumatic injuries that produce hypoxia and blood loss are excluded. The diagnosis of cardiac contusion is notoriously difficult to make largely due to the controversy over the definition of the...

Pulmonary contusion and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common manifestation in polytraumatic patients. Although mechanical ventilation is still the first choice of treatment, a group of patients are still unable to maintain their oxygenation. The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been more clarified when the lung is extensively damaged and when conventional...