Whenever possible, consider the use of CT to further characterize the blast-lung injury and immediate complications, owing to its superior diagnostic capability as compared with chest radiography ...

CDC Posts Online Blast Injury Fact Sheets. May 31, 2008; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with partners from the Terrorism Injuries Information, Dissemination and ...

VA Examines Link Between Blast Exposure And Lung Injuries A new study by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs suggests that even mild exposure to blasts in Iraq and Afghanistan may cause long ...

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An animal-to-human scaling law for blast-induced traumatic brain injury risk assessment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2014; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1415743111 Cite This Page : ...

“Blast lung injury is usually acute and diagnosed at time of injury. Estimates from U.S. and U.K. military registries show that 11% of in-theater trauma injuries were from blast lung, ...

Sidebar: Key Issue. Detonation leads to blast waves that have the potential to cause life-threatening multisystemic injuries, such as tympanic rupture, lung rupture and brain injury.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most common fatal injury for people in combat who survive blast injuries is “blast lung.” Blast lung is when an explosion ...

She said that the DOD instituted the interim 4 psi threshold — which is based on lung, ... would help scientists better understand the relationship between blast exposure and brain injuries.

Primary blast injuries may produce rupture of the tympanic ... Evaluating the effectiveness of handheld ultrasound in primary blast lung injury: a comprehensive study, Scientific Reports, ...