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BACKGROUND Pulmonary contusion (PC) is the most frequent blunt chest injury which could be used to identify patients at high-risk of clinical deterioration. We aimed to investigate the clinical correlation between PC volume and outcome in patients with blunt chest trauma (BCT). MATERIAL AND METHODS BCT patients with PC were identified retrospectively from the prospectively collected trauma regi...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Myocardial contusion may induce life-threatening complications, but its diagnosis is difficult. Circulating cardiac troponin T is considered a highly sensitive and specific marker of myocardial cell injury. We investigate the value of cardiac troponin T measurement in the diagnosis of myocardial contusion. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Level 1 trauma center. METHODS We...

Blunt trauma to the chest accounts for most thoracic injury cases. Tracheobronchial injuries are rare. They require high index of suspicion to diagnose and manage promptly. We present a case of left main bronchial rupture, in which delayed surgical repair was carried out after more than a year from the initial injury with complete resolution of the injury. This report adds to the literature the...

Ensuring a high level of combat capability servicemen is necessary and sufficient condition for their successful fulfillment the task defending our state. The activity serviceman characterized by increased physical mental stress, impact on psyche various stressors, performing tasks in special conditions associated with risk to life health [1, 2, 3]. However, extreme eating disorders rest, as we...

F a c u l t y M e n t o r Michelle Tu’s interest in stem cells began when she read about the promise of stem cell research; she was amazed by their unique features, especially their ability to differentiate into any cell type in the body. She was drawn to Professor Keirstead’s study on humanembryonic stem cell-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in spinal cord injury. Michelle describes he...

Both blunt and penetrating chest trauma in children are less common than adults but cause severe acute morbidity mortality. As the literature suggests, pulmonary contusion is most injury children, occurring more half of all cases. Even patients with injuries likely to have a longer hospital stay. The difference physiological anatomical variations compared makes it difficult from diagnosis, mana...

Background Lung injury is a common complication following major trauma. Large volume transfusions, thoracic injury, pulmonary contusion, and hypo perfusion have previously been associated with its development [1]. However, early predictors of differing grades of lung injury following trauma are yet to be described. The objective of this study was to characterise the admission risk factors assoc...

Thoracic ultrasound is a noninvasive and portable diagnostic tool which is highly indicated for an initial workup of thoracic emergencies. The suspicion of a pneumothorax, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism or a lung contusion after trauma can be quickly assessed using ultrasound. Main advantages are its good availability and the steep learning curve. Another advantage of thoracic sonography is that...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important cause of death with a significant worldwide percentage. In the United States, there are approximately 2.8 million TBIs yearly 250,000 hospitalized patients and 50,000 TBI-related deaths. Every year, one hospitalizations in European Union, resulting more than deaths, most which occur due to road traffic accidents. Needless say, these estimations varie...