• The morbidity and mortality associated with penetrating head injury remain high. (medscape.com)
  • Penetrating head injuries can be the result of numerous intentional or unintentional events, including missile wounds, stab wounds, and motor vehicle or occupational accidents (nails, screwdrivers). (medscape.com)
  • The assessment of patients with penetrating brain injuries should include routine laboratory tests, electrolytes, and coagulation profile. (medscape.com)
  • A stab wound is a specific form of penetrating trauma to the skin that results from a knife or a similar pointed object. (wikipedia.org)
  • Even though stab wounds are inflicted at a much greater rate than gunshot wounds, they account for less than 10% of all penetrating trauma deaths. (wikipedia.org)
  • Observation can be used in place of surgery as it can substitute an unnecessary surgery, which makes it the preferred treatment of penetrating trauma secondary to a stab wound when hypovolemia or shock is not present. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stab wounds are one of the most common forms of penetrating trauma globally, but account for a lower mortality compared to blunt injuries due to their more focused impact on a person. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Singapore, as strict laws are a strong deterrent against armed violence, little is known about the epidemiology of penetrating stab wound injuries. (smj.org.sg)
  • We retrospectively reviewed all penetrating injuries at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and identified and categorised all stab wound injuries as SI or IO. (smj.org.sg)
  • Penetrating trauma typically involves the violation of a body cavity (e.g. thoracic or abdominal) by a gunshot or stab wound. (smj.org.sg)
  • After obtaining exempt status from our institutional review board, we reviewed the TTSH Trauma Registry, a prospectively maintained database, and identified all patients with penetrating injuries who were admitted to TTSH from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2010. (smj.org.sg)
  • Slash injuries were not classified as penetrating. (smj.org.sg)
  • A penetrating force injury resulting from a BB, pellet, or other projectile shot from a BB or pellet gun (a compressed air or CO2-powered BB or pellet gun). (cdc.gov)
  • A penetrating force injury resulting from a bullet or other projectile shot from a powder-charged gun. (cdc.gov)
  • Penetrating trauma, such as gunshot or stab wounds. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Diagnostic laparoscopy is useful for making a definitive clinical diagnosis whenever there is a diagnostic dilemma even after routine diagnostic workup, including patients with nonspecific abdominal pain, hemodynamically stable patients who have sustained blunt or penetrating trauma with suspected intra-abdominal injuries, and critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients with suspected intra-abdominal sepsis or pathologies. (medscape.com)
  • In addition to Amnesty International's list, we'll also look at what Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights cites as five common forms of torture, including burns, penetrating injuries, asphyxiation, forced human experimentation and traumatic removal of tissue and appendages. (yahoo.com)
  • Background: Penetrating abdominal trauma (PAT) typically involves the violation of the abdominal cavity by a gun-shot wound (GSW) or stab wound Recently several studies have favored a more conservative approach as opposed to mandatory exploratory laparotomy. (scirp.org)
  • Penetrating abdominal injury cases admitted in University of Benin Teaching Hospital. (scirp.org)
  • Baker P. Penetrating wounds of the torso. (scirp.org)
  • Osime C, Kpolugbo J. Penetrating injuries in Irrua. (scirp.org)
  • Thoracotomy was performed in 2 cases with penetrating gunshot wounds, and tube thoracostomy was performed in 2 cases with hemothorax. (bvsalud.org)
  • The most common cause remains traumatic injury, often a penetrating mechanism, such as a stab or gunshot wound or a unilateral facet fracture and dislocation due to a motor vehicle accident or fall. (medscape.com)
  • Our study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of stab wound injuries at a major trauma centre in Singapore and determine if there was a difference in severity between self-inflicted stab wound (SI) injuries and those inflicted by others (IO). (smj.org.sg)
  • Little is known about the epidemiology of stab wound injuries in Singapore. (smj.org.sg)
  • The aim of our study was to investigate the epidemiology of stab wound injuries at a major trauma centre in Singapore and determine if there was a difference in severity between SI and IO injuries. (smj.org.sg)
  • Emergency workers tried to resuscitate her, but she died of her injuries at the scene. (seattletimes.com)
  • Gunshots, stab wounds and other invasive injuries can damage the brachial plexus. (ohsu.edu)
  • The most common wound is a knife injury, although bizarre craniocerebral-perforating injuries have been reported that were caused by nails, metal poles, ice picks, keys, pencils, chopsticks, and power drills. (medscape.com)
  • The objective of this study was to report the treatment of a male patient in middle age, affected by stab wound with a knife impacted in the maxillofacial region. (bvsalud.org)
  • Pacheco is accused of striking him with a knife, inflicting minor injuries. (kjct8.com)
  • He determined the cause of death was stabbing because her internal injuries were consistent with a knife attack. (aetv.com)
  • She also suffered head injuries, which prosecutors called "horrendous" in court last week. (oxygen.com)
  • Head injuries are very common injuries and the cause of more than one half of all traumatic deaths. (medscape.com)
  • Head injuries can be classified into 2 major categories of brain damage, primary and secondary damages. (medscape.com)
  • Head injuries cause up to one half of all traumatic deaths and comprise a significant portion of the cases examined by medical examiners. (medscape.com)
  • Crushing head injuries are relatively rare and are caused when a massive weight crushes the stationary head and results in comminuted fractures of the calvarium, facial skeleton, and skull base, with fracture contusions and fracture lacerations of the brain. (medscape.com)
  • Dynamic head injuries account for the great majority of head injuries at all ages. (medscape.com)
  • The 30-year-old victim sustained stab wounds to the stomach, leg and hand. (yahoo.com)
  • During the assault, the victim sustained two stab wounds. (sacda.org)
  • Most brachial plexus injuries in adults come from traffic accidents or another high-impact trauma, such as a snowboarding accident. (ohsu.edu)
  • Head injury rates are greatest in urban areas, with as many as 32 per 100,000 population, of which 50% are from vehicular accidents, 20-40% from gunshot wounds, 10% from falls, and 5-10% from assaults. (medscape.com)
  • Road traffic accidents, falls and interpersonal violence were the most common mecha- nisms of injury. (who.int)
  • During the altercation, the man sustained two stab wounds to his torso. (ctvnews.ca)
  • [ 1 ] A study using multiple logistic regressions found that injury from firearms greatly increases the probability of death and that the victim of a gunshot wound to the head is approximately 35 times more likely to die than is a patient with a comparable nonpenetrating brain injury . (medscape.com)
  • On Sept. 24, Harlingen Police found Erevia, age 20, lying on a driveway with multiple stab wounds. (valleycentral.com)
  • Police said they found Black lying on the floor with multiple stab wounds. (seattletimes.com)
  • The woman died from multiple stab wounds . (bangkokpost.com)
  • 20). Mr. Taylor claims he became disabled on September 4, 2012,3 due to a gunshot wound to the left leg and multiple stab wounds to the abdomen. (justia.com)
  • According to police documents, all three suffered multiple stab wounds. (kpax.com)
  • He said he woke the next morning to find her dead in his bed from multiple stab wounds. (aetv.com)
  • The autopsy listed the cause of death as multiple stab and gunshot wounds. (wyso.org)
  • The input to ACME is the multiple cause-of-death codes (ICD) assigned to each entity (e.g., disease, condition, accident, or injury) listed on cause-of-death certifications, preserving the location and order as reported by the certifier. (cdc.gov)
  • His brother suffered stab wounds to his leg and back and survived the injuries. (brooklynda.org)
  • Officials said his older brother suffered a single stab wound to his upper arm and was released from the hospital several hours later. (nbcnewyork.com)
  • A National Institutes of Health survey estimates that 1.9 million persons annually experience a skull fracture or intracranial injury. (medscape.com)
  • The patient was taken to the operating room for debridement of the wound and skull fracture, with repair of the dura mater. (medscape.com)
  • these injuries result from direct impact to the head (eg, scalp laceration and contusion, skull fracture, epidural hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage, brain contusion). (medscape.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and is the leading cause of death in persons aged 1-44 years, with approximately 2 million traumatic brain injuries occurring each year. (medscape.com)
  • Head injury or traumatic brain injury traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been a large contributor to mortality and morbidity throughout the ages, but a number of developments of modern living have served to increase the number of cases of TBI in the present day. (medscape.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be classified into static and dynamic injuries, depending on the rate with which force is loaded to the head. (medscape.com)
  • While stab wounds are typically known to be caused by knives, they can also occur from a variety of implements, including broken bottles and ice picks. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stab wounds occur four times more than gunshot wounds in the United Kingdom, but the mortality rate associated with stabbing has ranged from 0-4% as 85% of injuries sustained from stab wounds only affect subcutaneous tissue. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most assaults resulting in a stab wound occur to and by men and persons of ethnic minorities. (wikipedia.org)
  • The study confirms our hypothesis that SI injuries tend to be less severe than IO injuries and are more likely to occur at home rather than at a public area. (smj.org.sg)
  • Brachial plexus injuries occur when this nerve bundle is damaged. (ohsu.edu)
  • Injury may occur if there is a blow to the pelvis severe enough to break the bones. (medlineplus.gov)
  • This injury may occur if there is direct force that injures the area behind the scrotum. (medlineplus.gov)
  • This injury may occur during a motor vehicle accident. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Shock or internal bleeding may occur after a bladder injury. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The primary damages are those that occur at the moment of the injury and include scalp lacerations, skull fractures, contusions and lacerations of the brain, diffuse axonal injury, and the intracranial hemorrhages. (medscape.com)
  • Static injuries occur over longer time periods-usually greater than 200 milliseconds (msec)-and cause crushing head injury. (medscape.com)
  • These injuries occur when force is rapidly loaded to the head in less than 200 msec. (medscape.com)
  • Understanding the pathological changes that can occur in fatalities caused by fire, particularly in relation to fire damage to the body, is paramount in attempting to distinguish ante-mortem and peri-mortem blunt traumatic injuries from fire-related damage to the body. (bvsalud.org)
  • Gata3 was previously found to be a mechanism that zebrafish brain uses to injury-dependent induction of neural progenitors. (frontiersin.org)
  • During the attack, Juan Juarez was stabbed approximately 10 times and died as the result of a puncture wound to the heart. (brooklynda.org)
  • He had several stab wounds, internal injuries and a swollen foot. (pekingduck.org)
  • A young man arrived in the emergency department after experiencing a gunshot wound to the brain. (medscape.com)
  • The Grand Junction Police Department said that it already had officers at the hospital when they were told a man was in the emergency room with a stab wound. (kjct8.com)
  • Emergency surgery may be done to repair the injury and drain the urine from the abdominal cavity in case of extensive injury or peritonitis (inflammation of the abdominal cavity). (medlineplus.gov)
  • Call the local emergency number (911) or go to the emergency room if you have an injury to the bladder or urethra. (medlineplus.gov)
  • If there is bleeding inside of your body from an injury, it's an emergency. (urologyhealth.org)
  • Children have unique thoracic anatomical and physiological characteristics, often necessitating diagnostic and management considerations that differ from management of blunt chest injury in adults. (bvsalud.org)
  • This review discusses diagnostic and treatment modalities for commonly encountered injuries in pediatric blunt thoracic trauma, such as pulmonary contusions, rib fractures, pneumothoraces, and hemothoraces. (bvsalud.org)
  • More unusual etiologies that have been reported include assault with a pen, removal of a cerebrospinal fluid drainage catheter after thoracic aortic surgery, and injury from a blowgun dart. (medscape.com)
  • The abdomen is the most commonly injured area from a stab wound. (wikipedia.org)
  • Injury to the bladder or urethra may cause urine to leak into the abdomen. (medlineplus.gov)
  • In stab wound injuries, thrusting may also transmit more force than a slash injury that inadvertently breaches the cavity. (smj.org.sg)
  • However, little is known on the mechanisms that promote the neural progenitor state after injuries in humans. (frontiersin.org)
  • The commonest organ injury was perforation of the small intestine. (scirp.org)
  • ST, LOUIS - A man with a stab wound to the chest got off a westbound MetroLink train Thursday morning. (fox2now.com)
  • An officer with the Springfield (MA) Police Department is lucky to be alive after a suspect armed with an edged weapon attempted to stab him in the chest. (policemag.com)
  • Chest injuries can also cause cardiac tamponade. (msdmanuals.com)
  • However, it should be kept in mind that every chest trauma patient may also have polytrauma, and accompanying injuries should be carefully examined. (bvsalud.org)
  • Stab wounds to the cranium are typically caused by a weapon with a small impact area and wielded at low velocity. (medscape.com)
  • They are generally caused by low-velocity weapons, meaning the injuries inflicted on a person are typically confined to the path it took internally, instead of causing damage to surrounding tissue, which is common of gunshot wounds. (wikipedia.org)
  • Typically death from stab wounds is due to organ failure or blood loss. (wikipedia.org)
  • Special precautions should also be taken to prevent further injury from a perpetrator to the victim in a hospital setting. (wikipedia.org)
  • It reportedly handles the highest number of trauma patients in Singapore, admitting over 1,000 serious trauma patients yearly (Injury Severity Score [ISS] 9 and above), hence may be considered the busiest trauma and acute care hospital in Singapore. (smj.org.sg)
  • The teen with the stab wounds was transported to Cottage Hospital. (independent.com)
  • Erevia was transported to a local hospital ,where he died from his injuries. (valleycentral.com)
  • She was taken to the hospital with stab wounds. (kron4.com)
  • He remains in hospital at this time with non-life threatening injuries. (merseyside.police.uk)
  • Three men were taken to hospital with suspected stab wounds on Saturday but none of their injuries are thought to be life threatening. (heart.co.uk)
  • Both victims in those incidences were shot in northeast D.C. and sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (wyso.org)
  • Abdominal injuries in Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria. (scirp.org)
  • Pattern of abdominal injuries in Korle BU Teaching Hospital, Accra. (scirp.org)
  • Edino ST. Pattern of abdominal injuries in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. (scirp.org)
  • Two males, aged 18 and 16, remain in hospital being treated for serious stab wounds. (peacearchnews.com)
  • Four adult men - three aged 19 and one 18 - and a 17-year-old male youth sustained non-life-threatening wounds and have since been released from hospital. (peacearchnews.com)
  • He was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. (ctvnews.ca)
  • The treatment is dependent on many different variables such as the anatomical location and the severity of the injury. (wikipedia.org)
  • Interventions that may be needed depending on severity of the injury include airway, intravenous access, and control of hemorrhage. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other diagnostic tests such as a computed tomography scan or various contrast studies can be used to more definitively classify the injury in both severity and location. (wikipedia.org)
  • Basic demographic information, injury severity characteristics and outcome data were compared between these two groups. (smj.org.sg)
  • Injury severity characteristics included anatomic and physiologic measures of injury severity, namely ISS and Revised Trauma Score (RTS), respectively. (smj.org.sg)
  • Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Centre, of injury, severity of injury and outcome. (who.int)
  • Siccardi et al prospectively studied a series of 314 patients with craniocerebral missile wounds and found that 73% of the victims died at the scene, 12% died within 3 hours of injury, and 7% died later, yielding a total mortality of 92% in this series. (medscape.com)
  • He sustained horrific injuries in this attack - one of those proving to be fatal - and tragically Maurice was found by family members. (gazettelive.co.uk)
  • Police arrived at the Studley Park Road apartment in Kew just before 4.30am today and found a man with stab wounds. (9news.com.au)
  • The jury also found true that both defendants personally inflicted great bodily injury. (sacda.org)
  • Responding officers found the victim on the ground bleeding from two stab wounds to his lower back. (sacda.org)
  • At 5 p.m. the same day, a different man was pronounced dead after being found with gunshot wounds to the head and neck, according to the statement. (wyso.org)
  • We found that primary human astrocytes are unable to induce GATA3 after injury. (frontiersin.org)
  • When they entered the apartment, the statement said, police found Sarah Papenheim with stab wounds and attempted to resuscitate her. (newschannel5.com)
  • Officers found a 7-year-old boy and his 17-year-old brother with stab wounds around 7 a.m. (nbcnewyork.com)
  • According to the BBC , the teenage girl was found with a gunshot wound in Tottenham on Monday night and pronounced dead at the scene. (shtfplan.com)
  • A separate boy was also found gunshot wounds in Walthamstow earlier, and another boy who was 15-years-old was found with stab injuries. (shtfplan.com)
  • Baxter was found dead a month later near a church in Millbrae after also suffering stab wounds and being sexually assaulted. (oxygen.com)
  • Stab wounds can result from self-infliction, accidental nail gun injuries, and stingray injuries, however, most stab wounds are caused by intentional violence, as the weapons used to inflict such wounds are readily available compared to guns. (wikipedia.org)
  • Analysis of the trauma literature has shown that 50% of all trauma deaths are secondary to TBI, and gunshot wounds to the head caused 35% of these. (medscape.com)
  • GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A man with a stab wound was treated Thursday at St. Mary's last week, and now police are sharing more details. (kjct8.com)
  • She had 11 stab wounds about her face, neck and shoulders, police said. (bangkokpost.com)
  • They are still recovering from their injuries more than a year after the attack, Cambridgeshire Police said . (yahoo.com)
  • Police said those attempts were unsuccessful, and she died of her injuries. (newschannel5.com)
  • Police said the victim had five to six stab wounds to his back, buttocks and leg, and injuries to his mouth. (kcrg.com)
  • Protect the neck and back from further injury when doing so. (medlineplus.gov)
  • [ 10 ] In another study, gunshot wounds were responsible for at least 14% of the head injury-related deaths. (medscape.com)
  • Our study of the changes in cytokine profile in blood serum and in the spinal cord after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has shown that an inflammatory reaction and immunological response are not limited to the CNS, but widespread. (frontiersin.org)
  • Currently, the treatment results of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) are extremely poor. (frontiersin.org)
  • Therefore, our research was aimed to study profiles of serum and spinal cord cytokines in an experimental animal model of dosed contusion SCI in acute and early periods after injury. (frontiersin.org)
  • Brown-Séquard syndrome is an incomplete spinal cord lesion characterized by a clinical picture reflecting hemisection injury of the spinal cord, often in the cervical cord region. (medscape.com)
  • As a person with spinal cord injury (SCI) advances through acute rehabilitation, physical therapy addresses mobility issues. (medscape.com)
  • At the site of spinal cord injury (SCI), nerve roots and/or anterior horn cells also may be affected. (medscape.com)
  • injury from smoke inhalation to the upper airway, lower airway, or lungs. (cdc.gov)
  • Injury resulting from entrance of a foreign body into or through the eye or other natural body opening that does not block an airway or cause suffocation (asphyxia). (cdc.gov)
  • This category does not include injury resulting from a foreign body that does not block the airway (see foreign body). (cdc.gov)
  • 1 ) Age-standardised death rates (per 100,000 population) from homicide and injury purposely inflicted by others in 1995 was reported to be low at 1.5, compared to 1.7 in Australia, 1.0 in the United Kingdom and 9.4 in the United States,( 2 ) where weapons for self-defence are more readily available. (smj.org.sg)
  • Subsequently, we identified all stab wound injuries and classified these patients into two groups, SI and IO. (smj.org.sg)
  • He was pushed off his bike by three men who subsequently fled, and unaware of his injuries, carried on riding before collapsing. (road.cc)
  • The two victims were placed into comas after the attack and almost died from their injuries. (yahoo.com)
  • These wounds are particularly susceptible to infection if not properly treated, and victims often carry the scars from their torture for the rest of their lives. (yahoo.com)
  • Providers who are also scientists researching the best ways to treat nerve injuries and disorders. (ohsu.edu)
  • In a study of 14 children with intracranial injuries due to spring- or gas-powered BB or pellet guns, 10 of the children required surgery, and 6 were left with permanent neurologic injuries, including epilepsy, cognitive deficits, hydrocephalus, diplopia, visual field cut, and blindness. (medscape.com)
  • between the ages of 15 and 44 years--the Data collection for this study was most economically productive members of performed around the clock by 5 general the population--account for almost 50% of practitioners who had undergone a special the world's injury-related mortality [ 3 ]. (who.int)
  • Another victim allegedly sustained blunt trauma injuries. (independent.com)
  • [ 4 ] Traumatic injury may also be the result of blunt trauma or pressure contusion. (medscape.com)
  • The San Francisco 49ers are aware that Aldon Smith incurred minor injuries during an incident last night. (nationalfootballpost.com)
  • Callum Cunliffe, of Loxley Road, was arrested and has now been charged with Section 18 wounding and possession of a bladed article following the incident. (merseyside.police.uk)
  • Everyone in the Paterson Public School District is shocked and saddened by the tragic incident on Saturday that led to a child's death and a teenager's injuries. (nbcnewyork.com)
  • Another commonality in the modern world is the continuing violence from gunshot wounds (GSWs). (medscape.com)
  • This finding may be useful in the triage of patients with stab wound injuries. (smj.org.sg)
  • It's not uncommon for us to see patients with a brachial plexus injury that was missed or misdiagnosed elsewhere, delaying treatment and lowering chances of a successful outcome. (ohsu.edu)
  • The total number of patients with PAT was compared with total number of emergencies, traumatic injuries and abdominal trauma seen during the same period. (scirp.org)
  • Gunshot wound (GSW) 11 (38%) patients, stab wound 8 (27.6%) patients and machete cut 4 (13.8%) patients ranked first, second and third respectively as causes of PAT. (scirp.org)
  • Navsaria PH, Berli JU, Edu S, Nicol AJ, Non-operative management of abdominal stab wounds: an analysis of 186 patients. (scirp.org)
  • Abdominal gunshot wounds: an urban trauma centre experience with 300 consecutive patients Ann Surg, Vol 208, 1988, pp 362-370. (scirp.org)
  • This category includes gunshot wound from a BB or pellet rifle or pistol. (cdc.gov)
  • It is important for care providers to thoroughly check the wound site in as much as a laceration of an artery often results in delayed complications sometimes leading to death. (wikipedia.org)