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  1. 01-10-2016 | OriginalPaper

    The Effects of Dexamethasone and L-NAME on Acute Lung Injury in Rats with Lung Contusion

    The therapeutic efficiency of an anti-inflammatory agent, dexamethasone (DXM), and a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), in lung tissue injury after lung contusion was investigated. Serum levels of tumor …

  2. 01-05-2007 | Report

    The effect of exogenous surfactant in patients with lung contusions and acute lung injury

    Lung contusion is a common clinical condition in patients with chest trauma. Surfactant abnormalities have been demonstrated in animal models of lung contusion [ 1 ], in trauma patients with lung contusion [ 2 ] and acute respiratory distress …

  3. 01-06-2004 | OriginalPaper

    Lung contusion-lacerations after blunt thoracic trauma in children

    Chest trauma in children is an indicator of injury severity and is associated with a high mortality rate. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of pulmonary contusion-laceration on short and long-term outcome of pediatric patients …

  4. 01-10-2009 | OriginalPaper

    Role of lung contusions on posttraumatic inflammatory response and organ dysfunction in traumatized patients

  5. 01-12-2001 | OriginalPaper

    Independent lung ventilation in patients with unilateral pulmonary contusion. Monitoring with compliance and EtCO2

    Objective: a) to describe a non-barotraumatic ventilatory setting for independent lung ventilation (ILV); b) to determine the utility of single lung end-tidal CO2 (EtCO2) monitoring to evaluate the ventilation to perfusion (V/Q) matching in each …

  6. 01-02-2010 | OriginalPaper

    Selective medicated (saline + natural surfactant) bronchoalveolar lavage in unilateral lung contusion. A clinical randomized controlled trial

  7. 01-03-2001 | Abstract

    Procalcitonin (PCT) versus IL-6 levels in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids of trauma victims with severe lung contusion

    To examine whether measurement of procalcitonin (PCT) in comparison to Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a reliable marker to score the extent of lung contusion in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids in polytrauma patients.

  8. Open Access 01-12-2010 | OriginalPaper

    Lung contusion and cavitation with exudative plural effusion following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in an adult: a case report

    Although extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is useful for the management of renal calculi, it is associated with several side effects, including subcapsular and perinephric bleeding [ 1 ], hypertension [ 2 ] and splenic hematoma [ 3 ].

  9. 01-03-2005 | Abstract

    The effects of sustained inflation and post-inflation PEEP in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pneumonia and traumatic lung contusion

    To investigate the response to a sustained inflation (SI) and post-inflation PEEP (PI-PEEP) in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to pneumonia and traumatic lung contusion.

  10. Open Access 01-04-2011 | OriginalPaper

    Soluble triggering receptor on myeloid cells-1 is expressed in the course of non-infectious inflammation after traumatic lung contusion: a prospective cohort study

    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily and is expressed on the surface of myeloid cells (for example, neutrophils). The receptor mediates the inflammatory response to infectious …

  11. Open Access 01-12-2023 | OriginalPaper

    Inflation using hydrogen improves donor lung quality by regulating mitochondrial function during cold ischemia phase

    Lung transplantation (LTx) is currently the most effective treatment for end-stage pulmonary diseases, with almost 70,000 adult LTx procedures registered worldwide per year [ 1 ]. However, donor lung contusion(s), infection(s), neurogenic pulmonary …

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    Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
  13. Open Access 03-04-2024 | Silicone | Online First

    Skin simulants for wound ballistic investigation – an experimental study

    Gunshot wound analysis is an important part of medicolegal practice, in both autopsies and examinations of living persons. Well-established and studied simulants exist that exhibit both physical and biomechanical properties of soft-tissues and …

  14. Open Access 01-12-2021 | Sternum Fracture | OriginalPaper

    Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of road traffic crashes related thoracic traumas: analysis of 5095 hospitalized chest injury patients

    Road traffic injuries remain a major public health challenge globally. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1.35 million people die and 20–50 million injured each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Road traffic …

  15. 05-12-2023 | Events

    22nd European Congress of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

  16. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Acute Respiratory Distress-Syndrome | ReviewPaper

    Translational medicine for acute lung injury

    Acute lung injury (ALI) is a complex disease with numerous causes. This review begins with a discussion of disease development from direct or indirect pulmonary insults, as well as varied pathogenesis. The heterogeneous nature of ALI is then …

  17. 19-03-2024 | Rib Fracture | Online First

    Performance of thoracic ultrasonography compared with chest radiography for the detection of rib fractures using computed tomography as a reference standard

    Traumatic rib fractures represent the most common injury following thoracic trauma, occurring in 10% of all trauma patients and in almost 40% of those sustaining severe blunt chest injury [ 1 , 2 ]. Despite usually regarded as sentinel findings in …

  18. Open Access 01-12-2024 | Acetabular Fracture | OriginalPaper

    Traumatic bilateral acetabular fracture secondary to high-energy trauma in healthy adults

    Injuries to the acetabula characterized by Bilateral fracture of both acetabula resulting from high energy trauma has already been reported in the literature following traffic accidents in adult population [ 1 ]; however these complex injuries …

  19. Open Access 20-02-2024 | Computed Tomography | OriginalPaper

    Abdominal computed tomography scoring systems and experienced radiologists in the radiological diagnosis of small bowel and mesenteric injury

    Bowel and/or mesenteric injury requiring operation following blunt trauma presents a diagnostic challenge because it occurs infrequently and can present latently [ 1 – 4 ]. Computed tomography (CT) imaging of the abdomen/pelvis is commonly used to …

  20. Open Access 12-02-2024 | Acute Respiratory Distress-Syndrome | OriginalPaper

    Airway pressure release ventilation for trauma-induced ARDS

    APRV was used successfully in a child with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome after a falling injury, for whom prone positioning ventilation was contraindicated due to multiple fractures.

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