Traumatic wounds make them one of the most common reasons for an emergency department visit. Foreign objects embedded in the musculoskeletal system through penetrating injury are a common problem, with more than a third missed in the initial clinical evaluation. Wood, glass, and metal accounted for 95 percent of the foreign bodies (FBs) seen. In 38 percent of patients the diagnosis is missed by...

The paper assessed various signs of lung tissue damage and the extent its using automatic empirical methods on CT chest organs in pneumonia caused by COVID-19. We analyzed 198 scans patients with confirmed COVID-19 varying severity. visual assessment was performed a radiologist 8 years experience thoracic radiology. presence patterns assessed: ground-glass opacities, consolidation, reticular ch...

This is the first study to provide national estimates of pediatric door-related injuries in the United States. Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System were analyzed for patients ≤17 years who were treated in US emergency departments for a door-related injury from 1999 through 2008. An estimated 1 392 451 US children ≤17 years received emergency treatment for door-related in...

A lesion of tuberculoid leprosy in an Indian lady presenting at the site of injury from a broken glass bangle is reported. The diagnosis was by classical clinical features and histopathology. The importance of the skin in leprosy transmission is emphasised.

In the absence of overt structural abnormalities, the diagnostic approach to chronic abdominal pain can be challenging. Occupational particulate inhalation causing injury to an organ other than the lung is rare. We report a case of inadvertent glass microparticulate ingestion causing chronic abdominal pain with altered local and systemic inflammatory responses.

, Abstract—Background: Selective cervical spine immobilization performed by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is being utilized with increasing frequency. These protocols, although very sensitive, still include subjective data such as ‘‘mild cervical discomfort.’’ The aim of this study is to create an objective clinical decision rule that would enhance the selective approach for cervical spine i...

Bilateral injuries of the sensory branch of the radial nerve (SBRN) usually occur as a result of tight-handcuff neuropathy. In this case we aimed to present bilateral isolated cut of SBRN resulting an injury mechanism that has not been reported in the literature previously. A male twenty-four years old, a worker in a glass factory, presented to our clinic. The dorsolateral skin of his wrists we...

INTRODUCTION False aneurysm of the arteries of the hand is extremely rare. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of false aneurysm of the superficial palmar arch in a 4-year-old boy following injury with a piece of glass. Stereoscopic magnetic resonance angiography depicted the lesion effectively. The aneurysm was resected, and the vascular reconstruction was performed with end-to-end anastomosi...