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Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions
Explosions and bombings are the most common deliberate cause of disasters with large numbers of casualties. Despite this fact, disaster medical response training has traditionally focused on the management of injuries following natural disasters and terrorist attacks with biological, chemical, and n...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2884448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20606794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.62120 |
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author | Burgess, Paula E Sullivent, Ernest M Sasser, Scott M Wald, Marlena Ossmann, Eric Kapil, Vikas |
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description | Explosions and bombings are the most common deliberate cause of disasters with large numbers of casualties. Despite this fact, disaster medical response training has traditionally focused on the management of injuries following natural disasters and terrorist attacks with biological, chemical, and nuclear agents. The following article is a clinical primer for physicians regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by explosions and bombings. The history, physics, and treatment of TBI are outlined. |
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spelling | pubmed-28844482010-07-02 Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions Burgess, Paula E Sullivent, Ernest M Sasser, Scott M Wald, Marlena Ossmann, Eric Kapil, Vikas J Emerg Trauma Shock Practice Primers Explosions and bombings are the most common deliberate cause of disasters with large numbers of casualties. Despite this fact, disaster medical response training has traditionally focused on the management of injuries following natural disasters and terrorist attacks with biological, chemical, and nuclear agents. The following article is a clinical primer for physicians regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by explosions and bombings. The history, physics, and treatment of TBI are outlined. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2884448/ /pubmed/20606794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.62120 Text en © Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Practice Primers Burgess, Paula E Sullivent, Ernest M Sasser, Scott M Wald, Marlena Ossmann, Eric Kapil, Vikas Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions |
title | Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions |
title_full | Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions |
title_fullStr | Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions |
title_full_unstemmed | Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions |
title_short | Managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions |
title_sort | managing traumatic brain injury secondary to explosions |
topic | Practice Primers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2884448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20606794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.62120 |
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