Ocular Trauma in Armed Conflicts

Ocular Trauma in Armed Conflicts
Author: Shrikant Waikar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre:
ISBN: 9789811940231

The book comprehensively covers the complete spectrum of ocular trauma in war and peace, while most of the books on ocular trauma cover only civil trauma. It explains the care to be taken by the injured himself from the time of injury to the most specialized tertiary care management step-by-step. It covers the various modes of trauma, the evaluation, and the management from emergency care and evacuation to secondary and tertiary care. The initial chapters cover the step by step care of wounds and the application of dressings or tourniquets available in the battlefield to be taken by the individual himself and the initial medical care by forward medical officer and surgeon before evacuating to the ophthalmologist The book also covers the management of polytrauma involving the head and neck or other parts of the body based on real-life experience since most of the battlefield ocular trauma presents with it. It incorporates chapters on ocular trauma due to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) hazards and the important aspect of imaging in ocular trauma. It covers the classification systems of ocular trauma. The book presents the step-by-step approach to primary repair of open globe injuries and lid lacerations by the first contact ophthalmologist. It covers the subspeciality wise tertiary care management of ocular trauma, encompassing an approach to the management of corneal scars, lenticular injuries, uveitis, traumatic glaucoma, intraocular foreign body and other posterior segment manifestations of injury like retinal detachment, vitreous and choroidal hemorrhage, etc., orbit and optic nerve trauma and other neuroophthalmological manifestations of trauma. It also includes a chapter on chemical injuries and techniques of stem cell transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction. Additionally, it covers the management of unsalvageable eyes and cosmetic rehabilitation. The book is a complete and helpful resource on ocular trauma and assists ophthalmologists, trauma care workers, and medical officers with security forces in the easy management of ocular trauma.

Combat Ocular Trauma Visual Outcomes During Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom

Combat Ocular Trauma Visual Outcomes During Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2008
Genre:
ISBN:

The incidence of eye injuries during United States armed conflicts has ranged from 0.5% during the United States Civil War to 13% during Operation Desert Storm (Table 1). Although improvements in body armor have allowed soldiers to survive explosions that would have resulted in fatal chest or abdominal wounds in the past, there has been an increasing incidence of injuries to the relatively unprotected extremities, face, neck, and eyes. From October 2001 through September 2006, the total number of American casualties in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) included 21,695 wounded in action and 2335 killed in action. From 2002 through 2007, the number of U.S. military OIF/OEF soldiers with significant battle ocular injuries requiring evacuation was 13%. However, analysis of visual outcomes of all combat ocular trauma (COT) patients during OIF/OEF has not yet been published. This study was designed to report the visual and anatomic outcomes of COT seen at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and to predict the visual prognosis after the initial injury.

Ocular Trauma in Armed Conflicts

Ocular Trauma in Armed Conflicts
Author: Shrikant Waikar
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2023-06-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9811940215

The book comprehensively covers the complete spectrum of ocular trauma in war and peace, while most of the books on ocular trauma cover only civil trauma. It explains the care to be taken by the injured himself from the time of injury to the most specialized tertiary care management step-by-step. It covers the various modes of trauma, the evaluation, and the management from emergency care and evacuation to secondary and tertiary care. The initial chapters cover the step by step care of wounds and the application of dressings or tourniquets available in the battlefield to be taken by the individual himself and the initial medical care by forward medical officer and surgeon before evacuating to the ophthalmologist The book also covers the management of polytrauma involving the head and neck or other parts of the body based on real-life experience since most of the battlefield ocular trauma presents with it. It incorporates chapters on ocular trauma due to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) hazards and the important aspect of imaging in ocular trauma. It covers the classification systems of ocular trauma. The book presents the step-by-step approach to primary repair of open globe injuries and lid lacerations by the first contact ophthalmologist. It covers the subspeciality wise tertiary care management of ocular trauma, encompassing an approach to the management of corneal scars, lenticular injuries, uveitis, traumatic glaucoma, intraocular foreign body and other posterior segment manifestations of injury like retinal detachment, vitreous and choroidal hemorrhage, etc., orbit and optic nerve trauma and other neuroophthalmological manifestations of trauma. It also includes a chapter on chemical injuries and techniques of stem cell transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction. Additionally, it covers the management of unsalvageable eyes and cosmetic rehabilitation. The book is a complete and helpful resource on ocular trauma and assists ophthalmologists, trauma care workers, and medical officers with security forces in the easy management of ocular trauma.

Modern Management of Ocular Trauma

Modern Management of Ocular Trauma
Author: Benjamin Boyd
Publisher: JP Medical Ltd
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2011-03-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9962678021

This volume presents the most advanced information available on the management of trauma to the eye and its surrounding structures; the classification and evaluation of ocular injuries and traumatic events affecting the anterior and posterior segments. The book includes full coverage of the management of hyphema and blunt trauma, repair of corneal lacerations, surgical approach to intraocular foreign bodies, the modern management of ocular burns and methods of evaluation and management of orbital trauma.

Ocular Trauma in the United States Army: Hospitalization Records from 1985 Through 1994

Ocular Trauma in the United States Army: Hospitalization Records from 1985 Through 1994
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre:
ISBN:

To determine the incidence of hospitalized ocular injury in the United States Army and evaluate specific types and external causes of these injuries. Methods: A US Army database that captured all hospital discharge records for Army personnel admitted to military and civilian hospitals was used to determine incident episodes of ocular injury requiring hospitalization from 1985 through 1994. Denominator data were available from the US Army. Results: The average annual incidence of hospitalization for a principal or secondary diagnosis of ocular trauma (total hospitalized ocular injury) was 77.1 per 100,000 persons (95% confidence interval, 75.1-79.2). There was a 38% decline in the rate of total hospitalized ocular injury during this 10-year period. Men had twice the rates of women over all age groups. The highest rate occurred in the 17- to 19-year age group, with rates of 200.7 and 123.4 per 100,000 in men and women, respectively. Whites had a higher rate than blacks and nonwhites-nonblacks. Almost a third of the injuries were contusions of the eye and adexna. Among men, the leading causes were machinery or tools (18%), and sports or training (11%). Only 7% were related to weaponry or war, and of these, 90% were from nonbattle activities. Conclusion: The type and cause of injury suggest that preventive measures may be effective in decreasing the incidence of ocular trauma requiring hospitalization in US Army personnel.

Ocular Trauma

Ocular Trauma
Author: James T. Banta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007
Genre: Eye
ISBN: 9789996038174

Eye Trauma

Eye Trauma
Author: Bradford J. Shingleton
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1991
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Ultrasound in Liquid and Solid Metals focuses on the effect of intensive ultrasound on metals, including the analysis of the development of cavitation and acoustic flows in melts, mechanism of metals' spraying and crystallization, the formation of dislocation structure in crystals, diffusion, phase transformation, and plastic deformation. Physical fundamentals of intensive ultrasound effects are covered, and detailed discussions are presented on the engineering principles of equipment and material design for the practical use of ultrasound in the refining of melts, crystallization of ingots and molds, pulverization, plating, pressure working of metals, surface strengthening, and other processes.

Investigation of Intraocular Pressure as a Predictor of Traumatic Eye Injuries

Investigation of Intraocular Pressure as a Predictor of Traumatic Eye Injuries
Author: Samantha A. Clark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2010
Genre: Eye
ISBN:

Eye injuries are a large societal problem in both the military and civilian sectors. Eye injury rates are increasing in recent military conflicts, and there are over 1.9 million eye injuries in the United States civilian sector annually. In order to develop a better understanding of eye injury risk, several previous studies have developed eye injury criteria based on projectile characteristics. The current study presents a measurement technique for monitoring intraocular pressure of the eye under impact loading.

Combat Casualty Care

Combat Casualty Care
Author: Martha K. Lenhart
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 794
Release: 2012
Genre: Government publications
ISBN: 9780160913907

"This book is designed to deliver combat casualty care information that will facilitate transition from a continental US or civilian practice to the combat care environment. Establishment of the Joint Theater Trauma System and the Joint Theater Trauma Registry, coupled with the efforts of the authors, has resulted in the creation of the most comprehensive, evidence-based depiction of the latest advances in combat casualty care. Lessons learned in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) have been fortified with evidence-based recommendations to improve casualty care. The educational curriculum was designed overall to address the leading causes of preventable death and disability in OEF and OIF. Specifically, the generalist combat casualty care provider is presented requisite information for optimal cae of US combat casualties in the first 72 to 96 hours after injury. The specialist provider is afforded similiar information, supplemented by lessons learned for definitive care of host nation patients."--