• Penetrating trauma is an open wound injury that occurs when an object pierces the skin and enters a tissue of the body, creating a deep but relatively narrow entry wound. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast, a blunt or non-penetrating trauma may have some deep damage, but the overlying skin is not necessarily broken and the wound is still closed to the outside environment. (wikipedia.org)
  • A penetrating injury in which an object enters the body or a structure and passes all the way through an exit wound is called a perforating trauma, while the term penetrating trauma implies that the object does not perforate wholly through. (wikipedia.org)
  • Penetrating trauma can be caused by a foreign object or by fragments of a broken bone. (wikipedia.org)
  • Penetrating trauma can be serious because it can damage internal organs and presents a risk of shock and infection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Following penetrating trauma, spinal motion restriction is associated with worse outcomes and therefore it should not be done routinely. (wikipedia.org)
  • Temporary cavitation can be especially damaging when it affects delicate tissues such as the brain, as occurs in penetrating head trauma. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] While penetrating head trauma accounts for only a small percentage of all traumatic brain injuries (TBI), it is associated with a high mortality rate, and only a third of people with penetrating head trauma survive long enough to arrive at a hospital. (wikipedia.org)
  • Penetrating head trauma can cause cerebral contusions and lacerations, intracranial hematomas, pseudoaneurysms, and arteriovenous fistulas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Approximately 20% of patients with severe facial trauma injuries also have an ophthalmic injury. (medscape.com)
  • 25 ] Brain trauma foundation (BTF) has enumerated specific indications for ICP monitoring following traumatic brain injury (TBI). (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • METHOD: A hospital-based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Department in Harare, Zimbabwe, to review medical records of patients with ocular trauma visiting for treatment at the outpatient department between January 2017 and December 2021. (bvsalud.org)
  • Information on patients' demographics, presenting visual acuity, type of ocular trauma, and the number of eyes affected were collected and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. (bvsalud.org)
  • About 71.2% of patients were classified as having open-globe injuries and of that number, 90% were caused by blunt trauma, while the rest were caused by penetrating, intraocular, and perforating injuries. (bvsalud.org)
  • CONCLUSION: There is a high prevalence of open-globe injuries in Zimbabwe with blunt trauma being the most significant cause. (bvsalud.org)
  • This suggests the need to promote and intensify public eye health awareness and sensitisation on safety strategies for the prevention of ocular trauma throughout the country. (bvsalud.org)
  • injury may be confined to the abdomen or be accompanied by severe, multisystem trauma. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Although there are many previous reports of intracranial air-gun pellet injuries, transorbital cerebellar injury due to air-gun pellets has not been reported previously in Medline. (edu.au)
  • This and previous reports show that air-gun pellets can penetrate the brain far enough to injure any intracranial elements in their trajectory. (edu.au)
  • Examination of the eyes by an ophthalmologist is essential to assess for papilledema, which indicates elevated intracranial pressure. (medscape.com)
  • Patients show evidence of elevated intracranial pressure and have "paw marking" of the skull due to the gyri of the brain indenting and thinning the calvaria, with, in severe cases, erosion. (medscape.com)
  • A blow-out fracture occurs when a blow to the eye increases pressure in the orbit, causing the weak floor or the medial wall (lamina papyracea) to "blow out" into the maxillary sinus or ethmoid bone. (medscape.com)
  • The globe of the eye sits within the orbit surrounded by periorbital fat and by the extraocular muscles that control its movement. (medscape.com)
  • Other CT scan images showed that the air gun pellet travelled through the orbit without penetrating the globe. (edu.au)
  • 3] In other previous reports the pellet could not penetrate farther than the cavernous sinus when entering through the orbit, probably due to resistance in the trajectory of the pellet. (edu.au)
  • [ 12 ] CT is the most sensitive readily available imaging study to detect occult rupture, associated optic nerve injury, and small foreign bodies, as well as to visualize the anatomy of the globe and orbit. (medscape.com)
  • MRI is excellent in identifying injuries of the soft tissues of the globe and orbit and can be particularly helpful in localizing an organic foreign body, such as wood, that appears similar to soft tissue or air on CT scan. (medscape.com)
  • Suppurative inflammation of the tissues of the internal structures of the eye frequently associated with an infection. (lookformedical.com)
  • Inflammation is your body's defensive response to the action of allergens, injuries, or any foreign particle that tries to invade or pose a threat to your body. (nutrafirst.in)
  • Turmeric Curcumin effectively reduces swelling, redness, and pain that occur as a result of inflammation, injury, or strain in the muscles. (nutrafirst.in)
  • Hyphema (hemorrhage within the anterior chamber of the eye) can be caused by several mechanisms and can easily be detected in routine ophthalmic or necroscopic examination as discolored red eye(s). (scielo.br)
  • Consider injuries to head, spinal cord, and facial bones. (medscape.com)
  • A 'miracle' gas that occurs naturally in air could help reduce incidence of brain damage in newborns. (met.edu)
  • Retinal detachment occurs more commonly in men than in women, in eyes with degenerative myopia, in aging and in aphakia. (lookformedical.com)
  • CT scanning of the eye is the preferred modality for further assessment of occult open globe injuries. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with open-globe injuries were about 10 times more likely to develop blindness than those with closed-globe injuries after adjusting for age and gender, and this was statistically significant (ARR = 9.65, 95% CI: 5.53-16.84, p (bvsalud.org)
  • For such patients who present to the ED, eye injury, including retrobulbar hemorrhage and penetrating globe injury, should be quickly ruled out. (medscape.com)
  • Is optic nerve sheath diameter a promising screening tool to predict neurological outcomes and the need for secondary decompressive craniectomy in moderate to severe head injury patients? (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • The objective of this study was to measure ONSD measurements at 24-h intervals in moderate to severe head injury patients and to find its association with clinical outcomes in the target population. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • This prospective observational study was done on moderate to severe head injury patients. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • The clinical outcome was divided into the favorable group (patients who were in conservative treatment with a stable Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] score and discharged following treatment) and the unfavorable group (patients who had a drop in GCS motor score of one or more, or expired or underwent surgical intervention) within 72 h following traumatic brain injury. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • ONSD is an efficient screening tool to assess neurological outcomes in severe head injury patients. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • It can reliably predict the need for secondary DC at an earlier stage before secondary brain damage ensues in these patients. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • While the extent of these microcirculatory alterations in the brain is less well characterised than in other organs, post-mortem examination of septic patients demonstrated multiple small ischaemic lesions, suggesting microvascular insufficiency [ 11 ]. (springeropen.com)
  • Data collected included patient's age, sex, place of origin, month and year of the accident, ocular structures affected, characteristics of the injuries, and type of treatment that patients received. (bvsalud.org)
  • RESULTS: Three hundred and seventy eyes from 314 patients were included, of which 248 (79.0%) were male and 160 (51.0%) were from the metropolitan region of Recife. (bvsalud.org)
  • The illumination and injury indicators Does to please sub-district sources and 1-Dec-2016 & thoughts, to share results, patients, and biographical, supervised tools of Success distinctions in program microscope history, and to act the hostile transmission of digital measurements. (steirer-fans.de)
  • Injuries from firearms are the leading cause of TBI-related deaths. (wikipedia.org)
  • And the costs to society from injuries and death due to firearms you ask? (dissidentvoice.org)
  • The most common types of combat injuries are blast injuries , stab wounds , burns , and chemical injuries (e.g., nerve gas poisoning ). (amboss.com)
  • Burns are injuries of skin or other tissue caused by thermal, radiation, chemical, or electrical contact. (msdmanuals.com)
  • It is contained in a thin hyaloid membrane and forms about four fifths of the optic globe. (lookformedical.com)
  • Knowledge regarding the diagnostic accuracy of ONSD for predicting unfavorable outcomes within 72 hours (h) of moderate and severe head injury is limited. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • Treatment is supportive, with aggressive care for severe injuries. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The severity of the injury varies widely depending on the body parts involved, the characteristics of the penetrating object, and the amount of energy transmitted to the tissues. (wikipedia.org)
  • The prognosis for penetrating head injuries varies widely. (wikipedia.org)
  • The nature and severity of abdominal injuries vary widely depending on the mechanism and forces involved, thus generalizations about mortality and need for operative repair tend to be misleading. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The sensitivity and specificity of ocular CT in determining occult open globe injury varies. (medscape.com)
  • The Seidel test is intended to detect the leak of aqueous fluid following globe penetration. (medscape.com)
  • If an aqueous leak is present, it may be detected on slit-lamp examination following the instillation of fluorescein dye by a clear band in the stain extending downward from the suspected site of injury. (medscape.com)
  • The space in the eye, filled with aqueous humor, bounded anteriorly by the cornea and a small portion of the sclera and posteriorly by a small portion of the ciliary body, the iris, and that part of the crystalline lens which presents through the pupil. (lookformedical.com)
  • The ophthalmic nerve, the first division of the trigeminal (fifth cranial) nerve, is a wholly afferent nerve that supplies the globe and conjunctiva, lacrimal gland and sac, nasal mucosa and frontal sinus, external nose, upper eyelid, forehead, and scalp, It arises from the trigeminal ganglion which contains the cell bodies of its sensory nerve fibers. (dartmouth.edu)
  • The retina and brain share similar microvascular anatomy, and while direct visualisation of CBF is difficult, retinal imaging is comparatively convenient [ 14 ]. (springeropen.com)
  • Usually occurring in violent crime or armed combat, penetrating injuries are commonly caused by gunshots and stabbings. (wikipedia.org)
  • is defined as hemorrhage within the anterior chamber of the eye ( Miller 2008 Miller P.E.2008. (scielo.br)
  • Bleeding in the anterior chamber of the eye. (lookformedical.com)
  • Axial and coronal views of the brain and orbits without contrast utilizing 1-2 mm cuts should be obtained. (medscape.com)
  • Next Wednesday, October 27th, Children's neurologist-neuroscientist and TEDMED speaker Frances Jensen will compare and contrast the developing infant brain with the highly paradoxical teen brain - which is also developing rapidly, all the way to age 25 or so. (vectorblog.org)
  • Ask the patient questions about the injury as well as questions specific to the eye (eg, Did you lose consciousness? (medscape.com)
  • In this climate, Jesse Ramirez-type stories can become more numerous, yet still barely penetrate the public consciousness. (typepad.com)
  • Schiavo had been in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years, and had undergone a barrage of tests showing that she had no higher brain functioning and no consciousness-a fact on which all unbiased medical experts agreed. (typepad.com)
  • Often, these fractures are associated with eye and inferior orbital nerve injuries. (medscape.com)
  • The pudendal nerve, derived from S2, S3 and S4, leaves the pelvis m edial to the sciatic nerve via the higher sciatic foram en. (dnahelix.com)
  • [ 1 , 2 ] Assessment of a patient with a suspected orbital wall injury includes a detailed oculofacial examination as well as radiologic imaging. (medscape.com)
  • In addition to injury caused directly by the object that enters the body, penetrating injuries may be associated with secondary injuries, due for example to a blast injury. (wikipedia.org)
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  • The transparent, semigelatinous substance that fills the cavity behind the CRYSTALLINE LENS of the EYE and in front of the RETINA. (lookformedical.com)
  • The recommended approach in the evaluation of potential globe rupture or penetration is to maintain a high index of suspicion for what is often an occult injury. (medscape.com)
  • Ocular ultrasonography by an emergency physician is contraindicated if there is a high suspicion for globe rupture. (medscape.com)
  • It should not be performed if globe rupture or penetration has already been confirmed, as any unnecessary manipulation of the globe is contraindicated. (medscape.com)
  • Procedures such as repair of eyelid or conjunctival laceration are deferred until globe rupture is ruled out. (medscape.com)
  • The penetrating object may remain in the tissues, come back out the path it entered, or pass through the full thickness of the tissues and exit from another area. (wikipedia.org)
  • Death from unintentional injury accounts for 65% of all injury deaths in children younger than 19 years. (medscape.com)
  • Combat injuries are treated according to the Tactical Combat Casualty Care ( TCCC ) protocol developed to reduce preventable deaths during tactical operations by increasing the probability of casualties reaching an MTF. (amboss.com)
  • Heart attacks and other cardiovascular maladies make one of the common causes of deaths across the globe. (nutrafirst.in)
  • Of intentional injury deaths, more than 65% were due to self-harm. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In addition to deaths, injury results in about 37.9 million emergency department visits and 2.6 million hospital admissions annually. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The Boston Globe also has information on this case. (typepad.com)
  • Skin, muscles, and intestines absorb energy and so are resistant to the development of temporary cavitation, while organs such as the liver, spleen, kidney, and brain, which have relatively low tensile strength, are likely to split or shatter because of temporary cavitation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Drowning results in hypoxia, which can damage multiple organs, particularly the brain. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness. (lookformedical.com)
  • Lens diseases refer to conditions that affect the lens of the eye, impairing vision and potentially leading to blindness if left untreated. (lookformedical.com)
  • It had also been used to clear cataracts, macular degeneration and glaucoma of the eyes. (me.uk)
  • of injury in a characterization or intentional " glue, DAP will protect only 60 temperature more imaging, which may be a mass public ALS. (hotel-mainlust.de)
  • Superior orbital rim fracture is a frontal bone fracture that is associated with high-impact injuries to the brain, face, and cervical spine. (medscape.com)
  • Unable to get drops into the eye, he fixed a soft cloth patch over it and had a nurse get on the phone to make arrangements for Grace to be seen by Deborah Fishman, a pediatric ophthalmologist in Wilmette, maybe three miles away. (chicagomag.com)
  • With consistent daytime use of the CS/DMSO drops During day 1-2 drops 3 to 4 times daily, and castor oil drops at night, has worked for many of us with pets with cataracts and other eye issues including eye ulcers. (me.uk)
  • The TFC phase focuses on the treatment of casualties according to the MARCH acronym ( M assive hemorrhage, A irway management, R espiration, C irculation, H ead injury). (amboss.com)
  • An estimated 50,000 children acquire permanent disabilities each year, most of which are the result of closed head injuries. (medscape.com)
  • As I opened my eyes the appliance about my head, nostrils and mouth was removed. (axidava.com)
  • In a cut, the discolouration and the swelling of the skin from a blow happens because of the ruptured blood vessels and escape of blood and fluid and other injuries that interrupt the circulation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Maintaining pdf for package and public injury defects provides more dark when acquired before issue exposure, when the team can help re-infused first to resulting. (hotel-mainlust.de)
  • A surgical specialty concerned with the structure and function of the eye and the medical and surgical treatment of its defects and diseases. (lookformedical.com)
  • The possible points of entrance into the skull are through the eye, temporal and frontal bones and nose. (edu.au)
  • Surgical repair with or without an implant may be indicated for diplopia (double vision), enophthalmos (sunken eye), or both. (medscape.com)
  • Surgical treatment was required in 87 (23.5%) eyes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Currently, both governments and labour organizations primarily employ injury statistics for the purpose of occupational health surveillance. (bvsalud.org)
  • Clarity or sharpness of OCULAR VISION or the ability of the eye to see fine details. (lookformedical.com)
  • Regular use of these turmeric capsules enhance your body's inflammatory response and protects muscles and joints from injuries and infections. (nutrafirst.in)
  • The orbits (figs. 45-1 and 45-2 ) are two bony cavities occupied by the eyes and associated muscles, nerves, blood vessels, fat, and much of the lacrimal apparatus. (dartmouth.edu)
  • 3] In the present case the right eye has been the point of entrance. (edu.au)
  • Further testing is based upon the mechanism of injury and the potential for nonocular injuries. (medscape.com)
  • Electrical injury is damage caused by generated electrical current passing through the body. (msdmanuals.com)
  • [ 11 ] Tripod fractures and zygomaticomaxillary complex fractures occur as the result of high-impact injury to the cheek's malar eminence (zygoma). (medscape.com)
  • There was a small enterance wound in the lower right orbital fold and he and his family were primarily concerned about his eyes on admission. (edu.au)
  • Diseases affecting the eye. (lookformedical.com)
  • CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES AND INJURIES I. INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES (001-139) Includes: diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible as well as a few diseases of unknown but possibly infectious origin Excludes: acute respiratory infections (460-466) influenza (487. (cdc.gov)
  • However, the Seidel test may prove useful in the diagnosis of more occult injuries. (medscape.com)
  • Though presented in novelized form, Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based his most popular detective thriller on true accounts of a mysterious black beast with blazing red eyes who is said to have attacked those crossing the moors. (tripod.com)
  • As hundreds of thousands flocked to rural South Dakota for a motorcycle rally [in August], sparking fears of a coronavirus superspreader event, photos captured people crowding the streets without masks and packing local businesses in the city of Sturgis - including a bar on Main Street, One-Eyed Jack's Saloon. (researchbuzz.me)
  • John Brownstein and Clark Freifeld will demonstrate HealthMap , an online global health and infectious disease intelligence system that extracts, categorizes, filters and integrates a variety of Web-based data sources-even penetrating blogs, listservs, chat rooms and online news reports-in multiple languages. (vectorblog.org)
  • OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE: As many eye exposures are easily preventable, there is a need to establish better safety practices in the workplace. (bvsalud.org)
  • Now state health officials say a person who visited One-Eyed Jack's for about five hours has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. (researchbuzz.me)
  • Maintaining good eye health is essential. (bobscentral.com)
  • The potential of airguns for causing injury is underestimated. (edu.au)
  • A procedure for removal of the crystalline lens in cataract surgery in which an anterior capsulectomy is performed by means of a needle inserted through a small incision at the temporal limbus, allowing the lens contents to fall through the dilated pupil into the anterior chamber where they are broken up by the use of ultrasound and aspirated out of the eye through the incision. (lookformedical.com)
  • Once you have addressed life-threatening issues, obtain a thorough AMPLE history (allergies, medications, past medical history, last meal, events leading to injury). (medscape.com)
  • Life- or limb-threatening injuries should be addressed initially. (medscape.com)
  • If the Seidel test result is positive, any further manipulation of the eye is contraindicated. (medscape.com)
  • The disadvantages of epidural anaesthesia are that a few wom en com plain of dizziness or shivering, and that it m ay increase the length of the second stage and result in a rise in operative vaginal deliveries. (dnahelix.com)
  • Each year, approximately 20,000 children and teenagers die as a result of injury. (medscape.com)