1. Blast lung injury: clinical manifestations, treatment, and outcome
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Avidan, Vered, Hersch, Moshe, Armon, Yaron, Spira, Ram, Aharoni, Dvora, Reissman, Petachia, and Schecter, William P.
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Lung diseases ,Explosions ,Health - Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.08.022 Byline: Vered Avidan (a), Moshe Hersch (b), Yaron Armon (a), Ram Spira (a), Dvora Aharoni (c), Petachia Reissman (a), William P. Schecter (a)(d) Keywords: Blast injury; Acute lung injury; Barotrauma; Explosions Abstract: Blast lung injury (BLI) is a major cause of morbidity after terrorist bomb attacks (TBAs) and is seen with increasing frequency worldwide. Yet, many surgeons and intensivists have little experience treating BLI. Jerusalem sustained 31 TBAs since 1983, resulting in a local expertise in treating BLI. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Surgery, Sharee Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel (b) Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sharee Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel (c) Department of Radiology, Sharee Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel (d) Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, 3A33, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA Article History: Received 8 April 2005; Revised 8 August 2005
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