INTRODUCTION The use of guidelines regarding the termination or withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in traumatic cardiac arrest patients remains controversial. This study aimed to describe the outcomes for victims of penetrating and blunt trauma who received prehospital CPR. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of a statewide major trauma registry using data from 2001 to...

lung contusion is an entity involving injury to the alveolar capillaries, without any tear or cut in the lung tissue. this results in accumulation of blood and other fluids within the lung tissue. the excess fluid interferes with gas exchange leading to hypoxia. the pathophysiology of lung contusion includes ventilation/perfusion mismatching, increased intrapulmonary shunting, increased lung wa...

hydatid cyst is a serious parasitic infection in places which people has a close contact with dogs or sheep. they may be found as an incidental findings during routine clinical examination or even followed by radiographic or ultrasonography evaluation. the disease becomes more complicated if rupture of the cysts occurs due to blunt trauma or spontaneously increases of intra-cystic pressure. her...

INTRODUCTION Large macular holes secondary to blunt trauma are sometimes seen in young patients within the spectrum of alterations produced by ocular trauma. METHODS Observational case report. A 32-year-old woman who had received a blunt trauma (a blow from a fist) to her right eye 10 years previously had experienced a decrease in visual acuity ever since. RESULTS Clinical photographs, fluo...

An 18-year-old male soccer player was transferred from the clinic to our emergency center with suspected blunt renal trauma. A giant ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstructed hydronephrosis in blunt renal trauma was revealed by enhanced computed tomography and angiography. The patient then underwent insertion of a double “J” stent and was placed under close observation in the intensive care unit....

introduction: a traumatic arteriovenous fistula (avf) after repetitive blunt trauma has not been described previously. in a 34-year-old male, the first reported case of such an injury after repetitive blunt trauma is described. case presentation: a 34-year-old gentleman presented with a non-healing ulcer near his medial malleolus. a bone scan was performed and then treated for presumed osteomye...

Euthanasia of small numbers of birds in case of injury or other illness directly on the farm may be necessary for welfare reasons. This should be done without transportation of the moribund animals in order to minimize pain and distress. Blood loss has to be avoided to minimize the risk of contaminating the environment. Cervical dislocation in combination with a blunt trauma may be an appropria...

purpose: to report a case of hypotonous maculopathy after blunt trauma and its treatment. patient and findings: a 34-year-old woman presented with decreased visual acuity in her left eye following blunt trauma. right eye examination was unremarkable, but visual acuity of left eye was counting fingers. slit lamp biomicroscopy of the left eye was within normal limits, but on funduscopy, papilloma...