Injuries From Explosions: More Differences Than Similarities Between Various Types.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
; 17: e154, 2022 05 06.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35514263
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare injury patterns of different types of explosions.METHODS:
A retrospective study of 4508 patients hospitalized due to explosions recorded in the Israel National Trauma Registry between January 1997 and December 2018. The events were divided into 4 groups terror-related, war-related, civilian intentional explosions, and civilian unintentional explosions. The groups were compared in terms of injuries sustained, utilization of hospital resources, and clinical outcomes.RESULTS:
Civilian intentional and terror-related explosions were found to be similar in most aspects except for factors directly influencing mortality and a larger volume of severely injured body regions among terror-victims. Comparisons between other groups produced some parallels, albeit less consistent. Civilian intentional explosions and civilian unintentional explosions were different from each other in most aspects. The latter group also differed from others by its high volume of life-threatening burns and a higher proportion of children casualties.CONCLUSIONS:
While consistent similarities between explosion casualties exist, especially between victims of intentional civilian and terror-related explosions, the general rule is that clinical experience with a type of explosion cannot be directly transferred to other types.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Blast Injuries
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Terrorism
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
Journal subject:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
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