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Bruise9
- Myocardial contusion is a bruise of the heart muscle. (medlineplus.gov)
- A pulmonary contusion, also known as lung contusion, is a bruise of the lung, caused by chest trauma. (wikipedia.org)
- A throat contusion, or bruise, usually occurs due to trauma such as falling with an object inside the mouth. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- During a contusion, blood vessels break open, and the blood leaks under the skin, causing a bruise. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- A knee contusion is also known as a patellar contusion that is basically a bruise on your kneecap. (welcometoloudcity.com)
- Myositis ossificans is an uncommon condition that may occur following a thigh contusion (bruised thigh) and is characterized by bone formation (calcification) in the muscle belly at the site of the bruise. (physioadvisor.com.au)
- This results in a 'bruise' to the quadriceps and is known as a quadriceps contusion. (physioadvisor.com.au)
- A bone bruise is sometimes called bone contusion. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- You can also get a bruise on your brain, called a contusion. (mountsinai.org)
Injuries31
- A pulmonary contusion is usually caused directly by blunt trauma but can also result from explosion injuries or a shock wave associated with penetrating trauma. (wikipedia.org)
- It occurs in 30-75% of severe chest injuries. (wikipedia.org)
- Pulmonary contusion is usually accompanied by other injuries. (wikipedia.org)
- Although associated injuries are often the cause of death, pulmonary contusion is thought to cause death directly in a quarter to half of cases. (wikipedia.org)
- Pulmonary contusion and laceration are injuries to the lung tissue. (wikipedia.org)
- However, pulmonary contusion is frequently associated with signs (objective indications) and symptoms (subjective states), including those indicative of the lung injury itself and of accompanying injuries. (wikipedia.org)
- Displaced rib fractures can lead to life-threatening injuries such as: hemopneumothorax, pneumothorax, pneumonia, internal bleeding, laceration of internal organs and lung contusions. (rollcall.com)
- Patients with less severe injuries may have no gross structural damage. (msdmanuals.com)
- Head injuries can lead to severe conditions like coma, memory loss, and loss of limb functionality. (spiritone.com)
- A person can manage minor injuries with pain relievers, ice, and rest, but more serious contusions may need further medical treatment. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Throat trauma can easily go unnoticed because its mild initial symptoms can mask severe injuries. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- After contacting my cousin Dr. Mohammed Al-Mutawa, who is an MD, I asked him to provide me with some information regarding knee contusions injuries. (welcometoloudcity.com)
- Pedestrian accidents often result in severe and long-lasting injuries. (orlowlaw.com)
- Severe spinal cord injuries can result in total loss of function below the point of injury. (orlowlaw.com)
- A common outcome due to the life-altering nature of severe injuries. (orlowlaw.com)
- She has severe lung injuries and several fractures. (richardsilverstein.com)
- Leading work-related diseases and injuries -- United States (severe occupational traumatic injuries). (cdc.gov)
- Severe occupational traumatic injuries usually occur suddenly on the job and are either fatal or require immediate medical care. (cdc.gov)
- Because of these differences, it is not easy to achieve a reliable national composite of severe occupational traumatic injuries. (cdc.gov)
- Fractures: Falls and blows from falling objects produce many types of injuries, the less severe forms being contusions, abrasions, and sprains. (cdc.gov)
- Boating accidents can lead to severe injuries or even fatalities. (finzfirm.com)
- 3 Unfortunately, knee injuries are common, and severe injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament injury constitute a serious problem in terms of long absence from or termination of football and early osteoarthritis. (bmj.com)
- More than a half-million people each year get head injuries severe enough to send them to the hospital. (mountsinai.org)
- Very severe impacts may lead to closed head injuries, during which the contents of the skull incur damage. (abi.org)
- Chest Injuries Chest injuries during car accidents most often take the form of contusions or bruises, although serious injuries are also possible. (abi.org)
- Severe chest injuries include broken ribs and injury to internal organs. (abi.org)
- these injuries result from direct impact to the head (eg, scalp laceration and contusion, skull fracture, epidural hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage, brain contusion). (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)
- KIPs can cause blunt and penetrative injuries, ranging from local contusions to severe organ damage and death. (medscape.com)
- Of the 2,135 injuries among the 1,931 survivors (including the 300 with permanent disabilities), 71% were severe. (medscape.com)
- Skin injuries were generally minor, whereas 87% of musculoskeletal injuries to the limbs were severe. (medscape.com)
Bruises4
- Bruises ( contusions ). (healthlinkbc.ca)
- Bruises can last from days to months and vary from mild to severe. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Bruises, also referred to as contusions, occur when blood vessels beneath the skin tear or burst. (garymartinhays.com)
- Brain contusions are a lot more serious than bruises from a bump on the arm or leg. (mountsinai.org)
Lacerations4
- In these situations, certain physical examination clues to the presence of trauma include findings such as contusions, lacerations, or deformities. (saem.org)
- Severe lacerations, exposed bone, tendon and soft tissue. (laerdal.com)
- 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)
- Nearly 60 percent of older adults who experienced contusions, and lacerations. (cdc.gov)
Laceration4
- Unlike pulmonary laceration, another type of lung injury, pulmonary contusion does not involve a cut or tear of the lung tissue. (wikipedia.org)
- Pulmonary laceration, in which lung tissue is torn or cut, differs from pulmonary contusion in that the former involves disruption of the macroscopic architecture of the lung, while the latter does not. (wikipedia.org)
- They typically involve bullets or sharp objects, but a skull fracture with overlying laceration due to severe blunt force is also considered an open injury. (msdmanuals.com)
- Severe laceration to the dorsum of the hand with exposed bone and soft tissue. (laerdal.com)
Fractures1
- In the accident Scott received a severe brain injury in addition to fractures of his left leg and left arm in the area of the elbow. (justia.com)
Spinal Cord I2
- To reduce the risk of autoimmune disease while retaining the benefit of the immunization, we vaccinated the rats immediately after severe incomplete spinal cord injury with MBP-derived altered peptide ligands. (jci.org)
- He sustained a brain stem contusion and an incomplete C2 spinal cord injury and was unconscious for 16 days. (cdc.gov)
Myocardial contusion2
- A severe myocardial contusion may lead to signs and symptoms of a heart attack. (medlineplus.gov)
- People with a mild myocardial contusion will recover completely most of the time. (medlineplus.gov)
Occur4
- As such, the radiographic findings are usually associated with underlying brain contusions, although significant brain injury may occur without these findings. (medscape.com)
- Coughing up blood or blood-stained mucus can occur with a severe blow to the chest area. (healthline.com)
- These are severe and usually occur when an object pierces the skull. (orlowlaw.com)
- Quadriceps contusions occur following a direct impact to the quadriceps muscle from an object or person. (physioadvisor.com.au)
Mild to severe2
- The severity ranges from mild to severe: small contusions may have little or no impact on health, yet pulmonary contusion is the most common type of potentially lethal chest trauma. (wikipedia.org)
- At Forbes Solicitors, we have experience with mild to severe traumatic brain injury claims and can get you the outcome you want on a no win no fee basis. (forbessolicitors.co.uk)
Hemorrhage2
- Hemorrhage within the contusion can result in ischemia and edema, which can progress to tissue destruction, necrosis of neuronal structures, and cavitation with overlying reactive gliosis. (medscape.com)
- Contusion involves hemorrhage in the alveoli (tiny air-filled sacs responsible for absorbing oxygen), but a hematoma is a discrete clot of blood not interspersed with lung tissue. (wikipedia.org)
Sprains1
- This can lead to contusions, sprains and pulled muscles around the knee. (ottobock.com)
Trauma6
- [ 1 ] Contusions are formed in 2 ways: direct trauma and acceleration/deceleration injury. (medscape.com)
- Unstable chest trauma patients may show signs of severe respiratory distress or profound shock requiring emergent resuscitation. (saem.org)
- Their 9-year-old son, Hussein, was in intensive care with head trauma and a brain contusion. (richardsilverstein.com)
- Excellent ventilator candidates include patients with pulmonary contusions after trauma, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, as well as patients with certain neurological diseases. (vcahospitals.com)
- This can usually lead to severe trauma, and sometimes even place the individual in a coma. (forbessolicitors.co.uk)
- this type of injury occurs when an object breaches the skull and brain tissue, causing severe trauma and even mortality. (forbessolicitors.co.uk)
Patients10
- Brain contusions commonly are identified in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and represent regions of primary neuronal and vascular injury. (medscape.com)
- Progression of cerebral contusions occurs in up to 75% of patients with TBI. (medscape.com)
- Wantai, Coutaboeuf, France) were negative at Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection causes acute liver disease, that time, but a blood sample taken on day 75 posttrauma but severe infections are rare in immunocompetent patients. (cdc.gov)
- Hepatitis E illness is usually self-limiting, and severe, prolonged infec- tions are unusual except in immunocompromised patients. (cdc.gov)
- Surgery is often needed in patients with more severe injury to place monitors to track and treat intracranial pressure elevation, decompress the brain if intracranial pressure is increased, or remove intracranial hematomas. (msdmanuals.com)
- Patients with this condition typically experience the usual symptoms of a quadriceps contusion in the initial stage of injury. (physioadvisor.com.au)
- Long-term ventilation is performed in our ICU for patients that have severe respiratory or neurologic disease. (vcahospitals.com)
- Uric acid levels in contused cerebral tissue were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography with an electrochemical detector in 11 patients with severe closed head injury. (go.jp)
- There's often a similar story or history given by our patients with regard to the onset of severe knee pain. (howardluksmd.com)
- Seventy-eight patients were admitted to the PICU, all with severe TBI. (bvsalud.org)
Fracture4
- The damage can be as small as a hairline fracture or as severe as a complete break that pushes through the skin. (garymartinhays.com)
- A femoral shaft fracture will likely cause immediate and severe pain. (garymartinhays.com)
- Open and closed fracture of index finger and severe tear of the fingernail with contusion. (laerdal.com)
- The bone marrow edema caused by the insufficiency fracture causes severe pain. (howardluksmd.com)
Lung2
- Senator Paul does have lung contusions currently," Stafford explained. (rollcall.com)
- A blow to the chest can cause a bruised lung (pulmonary contusion). (healthline.com)
Knee10
- Perry Jones suffered a knee contusion and could miss a week or more as he recovers. (welcometoloudcity.com)
- Later on, it had been officially announced that Jones suffered a knee contusion. (welcometoloudcity.com)
- Official word on Perry Jones is a right knee contusion. (welcometoloudcity.com)
- What is a knee contusion? (welcometoloudcity.com)
- However, the contusion occurs when the skin of the knee and the underlying tissue sustains a direct blow on the knee which breaks the small blood vessels, resulting in overflowing blood into the tissues, muscles, and the tendons of the knee. (welcometoloudcity.com)
- Knee Contusions usually take a week to heal if they are not severe. (welcometoloudcity.com)
- Indiana Pacers guard George Hill , who suffered a left knee contusion earlier this season, is expected to miss 3 weeks of the regular season. (welcometoloudcity.com)
- As the largest joint in the body, the knee is subjected to severe strain by improper or excessive movements. (ottobock.com)
- Severe pain on the inner or medial side of the knee can be disabling. (howardluksmd.com)
- The triad of issues that arise in this situation is a common cause of severe medial knee pain or pain on the inner side of your knee in people between 45-75 years of age. (howardluksmd.com)
Occurs3
- A throat contusion is an injury that often occurs due to an object stuck in the mouth. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Cardiac tamponade, which occurs when the pericardial sac surrounding the heart begins to fill with blood, can severe reduce forward flow. (artscolumbia.org)
- When aortic injury occurs in a child it is most commonly seen at the level of the ligamentum arteriosus and is usually associated with severe deceleration forces. (cmaj.ca)
Respiratory1
- Pulmonary contusion is associated with complications including pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome, and it can cause long-term respiratory disability. (wikipedia.org)
Injury12
- The area of the chest wall near the contusion may be tender or painful due to associated chest wall injury. (wikipedia.org)
- This type of injury is caused by high velocity severe force," Doug Stafford, a senior adviser to the Kentucky Republican, said in a statement. (rollcall.com)
- This type of injury is also accompanied by severe pain that can last weeks to months. (rollcall.com)
- At hospital admission, the patient was in hemorrhagic shock caused by severe blunt splenic injury. (cdc.gov)
- In fact, 1-in-5 will result in a severe issue, such as a broken bone or a head injury. (damfirm.com)
- A person with a throat contusion may experience several signs and symptoms depending on the severity of their injury. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- If a doctor suspects a throat contusion, they will first perform a physical evaluation to analyze the severity of the injury. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Management of contusions varies with the extent and severity of the injury. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- In Jones' case, it is reasonable to think that if Jones' injury was severe, the expected recovery time would have been multiple weeks. (welcometoloudcity.com)
- Diligently following the R.I.C.E. Regime in the initial phase of injury (first 72 hours) will greatly reduce the likelihood of a quadriceps contusion developing into myositis ossificans. (physioadvisor.com.au)
- Immunization with myelin-associated antigens such as myelin basic protein (MBP) significantly promoted recovery after spinal cord contusion injury in the rat model. (jci.org)
- Title : Progesterone Treatment Shows Benefit in a Pediatric Model of Moderate to Severe Bilateral Brain Injury Personal Author(s) : Geddes, Rastafa I.;Sribnick, Eric A.;Sayeed, Iqbal;Stein, Donald G. (cdc.gov)
Cerebral1
- For three months after the accident, Scott was in a coma as a result of a cerebral contusion. (justia.com)
Chest1
- With more severe contusions, breath sounds heard through a stethoscope may be decreased, or rales (an abnormal crackling sound in the chest accompanying breathing) may be present. (wikipedia.org)
Cardiac1
- The primary complication of pericardial tamponade is a decrease in cardiac output secondary to pericardial pressure causing severe diastolic dysfunction. (artscolumbia.org)
Symptoms include1
- Symptoms include severe pain, inability to walk, deformity of the leg, and occasional numbness in the foot. (garymartinhays.com)
Head2
- swelling caused by impact on the head, that can be severe if there is structural damage done to the brain's blood vessels. (forbessolicitors.co.uk)
- JOSEPH PARDUSKI, door tender aged about 16, badly cut about the head and body and severe contusions about the back. (pagenweb.org)
Coma1
- Some TBI's are mild, whilst others can be severe and lead to a coma or vegetative state. (forbessolicitors.co.uk)
Tear1
- In a severe crash, muscles can tear or rupture on impact. (garymartinhays.com)
Include2
- Areas that are predominantly affected by contusions include the orbitofrontal cortex, anterior temporal lobe, and posterior portion of the superior temporal gyrus area, with the adjacent parietal opercular area. (medscape.com)
- Symptoms of a throat contusion may include pain, swelling, and discoloration. (medicalnewstoday.com)
Disability1
- at discharge from acute care, he was unable to function independently in activities of daily living (e.g., eating, dressing, and walking) and was considered to have a severe disability. (cdc.gov)
Typically1
- Rodent models are typically used in the experiments simulating compression or contusion SCI ( 9 - 11 ). (frontiersin.org)
Dementia1
- The perpetrator of physical violence is often an elderly nursing home resident with dementia or other organic brain disease that has caused a severe cognitive impairment. (cdc.gov)
Common2
- [ 24 ] Imaging findings in brain contusions tend to vary because of the stages of evolution common to these lesions. (medscape.com)
- Leg pain is fairly common after an accident, especially severe ones. (garymartinhays.com)
Blood1
- Increased blood pooling: Widened blood vessels stagnate the blood flow, which leads to severe inflammation . (medicalnewstoday.com)
Impact1
- Contrecoup contusions, which are defined as contusions that are located more than 90° from the site of impact, are almost twice as likely to progress than coup contusions. (medscape.com)
Edema2
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more sensitive and accurate than CT for detecting contusions because of its multiplanar capability and greater sensitivity for edema. (medscape.com)
- Initially, CT findings can be normal or minimally abnormal because the partial volumes between the dense microhemorrhages and the hypodense edema can render contusions isoattenuating relative to the surrounding brain. (medscape.com)
Commonly2
- Contusions of the brain are most commonly seen in the inferior frontal lobe and the anterior inferior temporal lobe. (medscape.com)
- Schematic diagrams of contusion locations in sagittal midline (A), lateral (B), and base (C) views show the areas most commonly affected by contusions (red) and those that are occasionally affected by contusions (blue). (medscape.com)
Severity1
- The concentration of uric acid appeared to increased with the severity of the contusion. (go.jp)
Hospital1
- He's now reportedly in stable condition at Elmhurst Hospital, recovering from severe bruising and contusions. (tabletmag.com)