Case Report A 46 year old right handed male patient sustained an injury when his dominant hand was caught in a block cutting machine he was working on. He was conscious, oriented, appeared pale and had a BP of 90/60 mm Hg. His right forearm stump showed evidence of crush injury, (Fig 1). The amputated […]
Read MoreCase Study In 2011, a 6 year old boy with orbital trauma in the form of a foreign object having penetrated his right eye attended the Ophthalmology Department of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Kermanshah. According to his parents, he suddenly fell when playing and a pencil went directly into the upper part of his right […]
Read MoreAbstract Encountering a foreign object in the rectum is rare; however, the incidence has greatly increased in recent years. Treatment of these patients requires a multidisciplinary approach because this condition may have serious complications. Presently described is management of 2 cases of rectal foreign body treated in the clinic. Keywords: Complication, foreign body, perforation, rectum Case Report A 40 […]
Read MoreCase Report: A 27-year-old African-Ugandan woman of Nilotic ethnicity presented to the Accident and Emergency Department of a tertiary hospital, following a GSI to her face. The injury was the result of a ‘stray’ bullet, shot from an AK-47 submachine gun at a distance of about 70m. Resuscitation and a surgical wound toilet were done […]
Read MoreIn 2017, a boy aged 6 years who had received no immunizations sustained a forehead laceration while playing outdoors on a farm; the wound was cleaned and sutured at home. Six days later, he had episodes of crying, jaw clenching, and involuntary upper extremity muscle spasms, followed by arching of the neck and back (opisthotonus) […]
Read MoreCase Report A 52 year old male patient contacted emergency services with abdominal and anal pain that had gradually increased over nearly 6 hours. Detailed medical history of patient revealed that he had inserted a foreign object into rectum and that he had occasionally done so to achieve sexual satisfaction over period of nearly 2 […]
Read MoreCase report: A 35-year-old Caucasian man with a history of chronic intravenous drug use presented to the emergency department with right upper limb pain and swelling lasting 24 hours. His initial vital signs were notable for temperature of 39°C, respiratory rate of 25 breaths per minute, heart rate of 120 beat per minute and blood […]
Read MoreA 54-year-old American man summited Everest in May 2016. During descent, he realized that his hands and feet, particularly the right hand and right foot, were frozen. During the summit push, he used only his right hand to hold onto the ropes. He rewarmed his right hand and right foot at camp 4 (8000 m). […]
Read MoreTanweer Karim and Margaret Topno Case Report A case of a 4 year old male child who presented in the casualty with the history of a fall into a gutter while walking on the road; when he fell, an iron rod penetrated into his head [Figure 1]. There was no history of loss of consciousness or convulsions. […]
Read MoreA 24-year-old male defence personnel reported to the casualty department of our institution around 2:45 a.m. after a suicidal attempt by his service rifle during his night duty hours. The appearance was very horrific with total disfigured anatomy of the left half of his face [Figure 1]. His general medical condition was poor with vitals recorded […]
Read MoreA 60-year-old game-keeper with a medical history of mild depression presented to his local primary care centre with a high-velocity GSW to his face, following an attempted suicide with a shotgun. The practice immediately called for an ambulance and the air ambulance and ground team were mobilised. The first responder was at the scene 7 min […]
Read MoreA four year old girl was brought to her pediatrician by her parents because of intermittent bilious emesis, which had started two weeks earlier. There were no other changes in her bowel or bladder habits, and she had not lost weight. Her parents reported that she occasionally pulled at and ate her hair, but they […]
Read MoreA 33 year old woman, para 2, presented to the emergency department with a report of vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain of several days’ duration. She had no history of pelvic inflammatory disease. Right adnexal tenderness was noted on physical examination. On screening, the serum β human chorionic gonadotropin level was 47,281 IU per liter, […]
Read MoreFigure 1 A 38-year-old woman’s left thumb was amputated by a boat propeller while she was scuba diving, and it was not retrieved. Panel A shows her left hand three weeks after the accident. Four months after the accident skin from the groin was attached to the thumb stump and web area, and three months later […]
Read MoreIn December 2012, a 35-year-old Berber man, without any past medical history, presented to our Emergency Department with incomplete amputation of his penis after being assaulted by an unknown actor who cut off his penis using a shaving blade 3cm distal from the mons pubis. A physical examination did not show any other remarkable finding. […]
Read MoreFigure 1 A 54-year-old man was struck by lightning and was initially stuporous. The emergency medical team found him conscious and in sinus rhythm, with normal vital signs and numbness and paresthesia of the left shoulder, flank, and leg. On his arrival at the emergency department, he felt well, and an examination revealed a fern-leaf pattern […]
Read MoreA 46-year-old farmer presented to the emergency department 3 hours after his penis was bitten by a snake while he was urinating in an open field. The snake was identified by the patient as “gunas,” which is the local name of the Levantine viper (Macrovipera lebetina). Physical examination revealed stable vital signs, with a grossly […]
Read MoreIgor Khomenko,1Vitalii Shapovalov,2Ievgen Tsema,1,3Georgii Makarov,1Roman Palytsia,1Ievgen Zavodovskyi,3Ivan Ishchenko,1Andrii Dinets,3 and Vladimir Mishalov3 The patient was a 22-year-old male soldier who received severe injury in the battlefield area next to the village of Krasnohorivka in the Donetsk oblast of Ukraine. On December 16, 2016, the patient received multifragmental combined with thoraco-abdominal injuries as a result of shelling from […]
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