… structures, injuries in this region are often fatal. In a six-year retrospective review, esophageal trauma occurred in 0.14 percent of 231,694 trauma patients; the presence of esophageal trauma was an independent …
…accidental insufflation into the umbilical vein remnants and umbilical vein injury that have resulted in large volume and fatal venous air embolism . To reduce the risk of these complications, after initial …
…the cervical or intrathoracic trachea, injuries to the cervical trachea are more common, likely because deeper intrathoracic injuries may also cause fatal injuries to the heart or great vessels . Stab wounds …
…precipitate fatal ventricular arrhythmias in patients with congenital long QT syndrome type 1. Changes in the electrocardiogram of a small number of patients following non-fatal submersion injury that suggest …
… electrical injuries are fatal, resulting in an estimated 1000 deaths per year . There is a bimodal distribution of environmental electrical injuries with respect to age. Work-related injuries in adults …