Pelvic Injury
Fig. 8.1 Pelvic sagittal CT: The rectal wall is thickened; there is surrounding edema. The bladder is intact The patient was started on antibiotics and intravenous fluid and underwent repeat…
Things Aren’t Always What They Seem: The Case of Hala
sustained injury and developed similar skin lesions, although he was only mildly affected and was not brought to Israel. The other children had escaped injury and were healthy. On arrival…
Anesthesia for Trauma Wounded
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Salman Zarka and Alexander Lerner (eds.)Complicated War Trauma and Care of the Wounded 10.1007/978-3-319-53339-1_12 12. Anesthesia for Trauma Wounded A. Izakson1, 2 (1) Department of Anesthesia, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel…
Multidisciplinary Care of 13-Year-Old Syrian Child
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Salman Zarka and Alexander Lerner (eds.)Complicated War Trauma and Care of the Wounded 10.1007/978-3-319-53339-1_11 11. Multidisciplinary Care of 13-Year-Old Syrian Child Salman Zarka1, 2 and Y. Viner3 (1) General Director, Ziv Medical…
Damage Control
Fig. 7.1 Temporizing abdominal closure and critical care At laparotomy, 2 L of blood was found in the abdominal cavity. There were multiple penetrating injuries to the small bowel and…
Chest Trauma
Fig. 10.1 An improvised chest drainage system in the field On examination, he was hemodynamically stable but pale and with a pulse of 82 beats per minute and blood pressure…
Abdominal Injury
Fig. 5.1 Extensive abdominal skin burns secondary to ileostomy effluent leaking onto abdominal skin He received fluid resuscitation, antibiotic therapy, anti-tetanus, and nutritional support, and underwent CT scan in order…
Acute Vascular Insufficiency in the Elderly
1. Organized chronic cardiac thrombus from atrial fibrillation 2. Subacute thrombus from ischemia endocardium of acute MI 3. Iatrogenic catheter induced thrombus 4. Paradoxical embolism from DVT, multiple PE with…
Extremity Injury
Fig. 30.1 AP pelvis X ray of a right displaced femoral neck fracture Plain radiographs with anteroposterior and lateral are sufficient to diagnose fracture in 98 % of cases. MRI…
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Gram-positive aerobic bacteria Bacillus sp. Coagulase-negative staphylococci Enterococci Group A, β-hemolytic streptococcus Group B streptococcus Staphylococcus aureus Gram-negative aerobic bacteria Acinetobacter spp. Citrobacter spp. Enterobacter spp. Escherichia coli Haemophilus influenzae…
