THE ABDOMINAL INJURIES OF WARFARE--I

Abdominal Injuries of Warfare

CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE INJURIES IN CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS

Clinical manifestations of sixteen children and teenagers exposed to chemical warfare in Halabje are presented. 15 patients complained of burning of skin. Dry coughing was present in 13 subjects. The most frequent signs were conjunctivitis, skin erythema, edema of the eyelids, hyperpigmentation, ulceration, erosion, dyspnea, closure ofthe eyes, blisters, edema of the skin, and crepitation ...

Abdominal injuries.

hospitals realized which cases they should transfer immediately. In most cases it takes no more than two hours to move a patient from any hospital to a major centre, and it is in this area of improved transport of a patient to the major centres that the greatest improvement in our treatment could be achieved. A railway ambulance car would help more than any other single thing in an island such ...

Conventional Warfare: Ballistic, Blast, and Burn Injuries

verting colostomies are not required either to achieve wound closure or to prevent wound infection. Diversion of the fecal stream usually results in significant anal stenosis, which then requires surgical correction. Skin Grafts. After a burn wound has been excised, optimal closure is accomplished by of cutaneous autografts. However, this is possible only when (a) the wound bed is unequivocally...

Abdominal injuries and sport.

Serious abdominal injuries resulting from sport are rare. The potential for misdiagnosis is significant and the consequences may be serious. Patients with abdominal pain should be taken very seriously and investigated with appropriate diagnostic equipment. Sporting bodies have a responsibility to address safety within a particular sport and to change the rules where necessary as injury patterns...