1) A bomb attack in Brussels in 2016 killed 32 people and injured 300 through the use of acetone/peroxide explosive devices in the airport and a train station.
2) Blast injuries are classified as primary (caused directly by the blast wave), secondary (caused by flying debris and shrapnel), tertiary (caused by victim being thrown by the blast), or quaternary (all other injuries).
3) While myths exist about blast injuries overwhelming hospitals and causing many amputations, in reality penetrating injuries from flying debris are most common in survivors and usually do not require extensive surgery. Management follows conventional trauma principles.
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intensive recruitment versus moderate recruitment strategy in postop cardiac surgery patients to avaoid postop pulmonary complications
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Fifteen Years Experience of Managing Penetrating Extra-Peritoneal Rectal Inju...Crimsonpublisherssmoaj
Fifteen Years Experience of Managing Penetrating Extra-peritoneal Rectal Injuries.Background: Although civilian injuries are generally less severe, they nevertheless remain a challenging problem for the surgeons. In isolated rectal injury patients, though proximal diversion, pre-sacral drainage, distal rectal wash-out and wound debridement are the various surgical options employed in various combinations, the optimum strategy especially for civilian injuries remains unknown. We reviewed our experience of managing penetrating extra peritoneal rectal injuries.Methods: We conducted a Retrospective review of Adult patients with penetrating extra-peritoneal rectal injuries. Follow-up information of at least one month was needed for early post-operative complications.Results: A total number of fifteen patients met inclusion criteria. Median age of our patients was 46 years with range being 20-80 years. All our patients were males. Thirteen of our patients (86%) suffered from gunshot injury while one was a blast victim and one had a stab injury to rectum. Nine patients (60%) had pelvic fracture associated with rectal injury.Diversion stoma was made in all of our patients. Overall post-operative morbidity was 40%. Two patients developed necrotizing fasciitis and required repeated debridements followed by graft placement and one patient developed intra-abdominal abscess which was treated by radiological guided drain placement and antibiotics. Conclusion: Drainage with fecal diversion is the most commonly employed management of extra-peritoneal rectal injuries. Delayed or inadequate drainage can lead to disastrous consequences including necrotizing fasciitis, intra-abdominal abscess
Fifteen Years Experience of Managing Penetrating Extra-Peritoneal Rectal Inju...Crimsonpublisherssmoaj
Fifteen Years Experience of Managing Penetrating Extra-peritoneal Rectal Injuries.Background: Although civilian injuries are generally less severe, they nevertheless remain a challenging problem for the surgeons. In isolated rectal injury patients, though proximal diversion, pre-sacral drainage, distal rectal wash-out and wound debridement are the various surgical options employed in various combinations, the optimum strategy especially for civilian injuries remains unknown. We reviewed our experience of managing penetrating extra peritoneal rectal injuries.Methods: We conducted a Retrospective review of Adult patients with penetrating extra-peritoneal rectal injuries. Follow-up information of at least one month was needed for early post-operative complications.Results: A total number of fifteen patients met inclusion criteria. Median age of our patients was 46 years with range being 20-80 years. All our patients were males. Thirteen of our patients (86%) suffered from gunshot injury while one was a blast victim and one had a stab injury to rectum. Nine patients (60%) had pelvic fracture associated with rectal injury.Diversion stoma was made in all of our patients. Overall post-operative morbidity was 40%. Two patients developed necrotizing fasciitis and required repeated debridements followed by graft placement and one patient developed intra-abdominal abscess which was treated by radiological guided drain placement and antibiotics. Conclusion: Drainage with fecal diversion is the most commonly employed management of extra-peritoneal rectal injuries. Delayed or inadequate drainage can lead to disastrous consequences including necrotizing fasciitis, intra-abdominal abscess
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
Generalised disease of the prostate due to hormonal derangement which leads to non malignant enlargement of the gland (increase in the number of epithelial cells and stromal tissue)to cause compression of the urethra leading to symptoms (LUTS
These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
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New Directions in Targeted Therapeutic Approaches for Older Adults With Mantl...i3 Health
i3 Health is pleased to make the speaker slides from this activity available for use as a non-accredited self-study or teaching resource.
This slide deck presented by Dr. Kami Maddocks, Professor-Clinical in the Division of Hematology and
Associate Division Director for Ambulatory Operations
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, will provide insight into new directions in targeted therapeutic approaches for older adults with mantle cell lymphoma.
STATEMENT OF NEED
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare, aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) accounting for 5% to 7% of all lymphomas. Its prognosis ranges from indolent disease that does not require treatment for years to very aggressive disease, which is associated with poor survival (Silkenstedt et al, 2021). Typically, MCL is diagnosed at advanced stage and in older patients who cannot tolerate intensive therapy (NCCN, 2022). Although recent advances have slightly increased remission rates, recurrence and relapse remain very common, leading to a median overall survival between 3 and 6 years (LLS, 2021). Though there are several effective options, progress is still needed towards establishing an accepted frontline approach for MCL (Castellino et al, 2022). Treatment selection and management of MCL are complicated by the heterogeneity of prognosis, advanced age and comorbidities of patients, and lack of an established standard approach for treatment, making it vital that clinicians be familiar with the latest research and advances in this area. In this activity chaired by Michael Wang, MD, Professor in the Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma at MD Anderson Cancer Center, expert faculty will discuss prognostic factors informing treatment, the promising results of recent trials in new therapeutic approaches, and the implications of treatment resistance in therapeutic selection for MCL.
Target Audience
Hematology/oncology fellows, attending faculty, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Learning Objectives
1.) Identify clinical and biological prognostic factors that can guide treatment decision making for older adults with MCL
2.) Evaluate emerging data on targeted therapeutic approaches for treatment-naive and relapsed/refractory MCL and their applicability to older adults
3.) Assess mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies for MCL and their implications for treatment selection
New Directions in Targeted Therapeutic Approaches for Older Adults With Mantl...
Blasts by Professor Michael Reade
1. Blast trauma
Michael Reade
MBBS MPH DPhil DMedSc AFRACMA FCCM FANZCA FCICM
Anaesthetist & Intensive Care Physician
ADF Professor of Military Medicine & Surgery
Brigadier. Assistant Surgeon General – Australian Army
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5. 22 March 2016
Airport:
3 bombs (2 functioned)
Railway station:
1 bomb
All blast (acetone/peroxide)-fragmentation devices
32 (+3) killed incl. 4 DoW
300 wounded
Relevance to civilians
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6. Actual casualties: 3 dead, 264 wounded
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Relevance to civilians
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Blast wave
9. Blast wave: conventional vs. enhanced
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10. Blast injury classification
Displacement
of the victim
Flying
debris
Pressure
wave
Crush, burn,
asphyxia, toxins
Courtesy
LTCOL
Anthony
Chambers
RAAMC
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High explosive
• > 300 m/sec (or subsonic)
• detonation
• E.g. TNT, C4, dynamite, ammonium
nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) e.g. Oklahoma
City, Bali (Sari Club), Oslo and Marriott
Hotel (Jakarta)
Low explosive
• < 300 m/sec (or supersonic)
• Deflagration
• E.g. LPG bottle, gunpower
Blast injury classification
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14. Primary blast trauma
Mechanisms of tissue damage by a blast wave:
• Spalling: as the wave moves from a more to less dense medium, disrupting the interface
• Implosion: due to compression then expansion of gas in hollow organs
• Shearing: blast wave causes different density tissues to accelerate at different speeds
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15. Primary blast trauma
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16. Pathophysiology of ballistic trauma
Michael C. Reade, MBBS MPH DPhil DIMCRCSEd DMCC FANZCA FCICM
Peter D. (Toby) Thomas, MBBS FRACP FANZCA FCICM
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Primary blast trauma
17. Secondary blast trauma
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18. Secondary blast trauma
Ballistic trauma in blast injury
Pathophysiology of ballistic trauma
Michael C. Reade, MBBS MPH DPhil
DIMCRCSEd DMCC FANZCA FCICM
Peter D. (Toby) Thomas, MBBS FRACP
FANZCA FCICM
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Up to 10% of survivors
have some eye injury
especially due to high
velocity perforations
19. Tertiary blast trauma
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20. Quaternary blast trauma
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21. Blast injury epidemiology
Open air
Enclosed
space
Structural
collapse
Under water
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Blast injury epidemiology
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Blast injury epidemiology
24. Myths & facts
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25. Myth: Survivors have critical injuries
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26. Myth: Survivors will overwhelm surgical capacity
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27. Myth: Traumatic amputation is common
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28. Myth: The prehospital triage system will work
80% will arrive in first hour
Less severely injured patients
arrive first
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29. Myth: blast wave injuries will be common amongst
survivors of civilian blast
Civilian low-explosive blast
• E.g. black powder, gunpowder,
petroleum-based liquids / gels.
Contained in e.g. pipe bombs,
Molotov Cocktails
• Almost never cause primary blast
injury
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30. Myth: blast wave injuries will be common amongst
survivors of civilian blast
Enhanced blast in a civilian context:
• Combustion of air/dust mixtures in grain silos or coal stores
• Boiling liquid-expanding vapour explosions (BLEVEs) – when
gases stored as liquids under pressure at temperatures
above their boiling points (e.g. LPG bottles in a fire)
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31. Myth: Significant blast trauma is always associated with tympanic
membrane perforation
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32. Myth: Significant blast trauma is always associated with tympanic
membrane perforation
• No tympanic membrane perforation -> don’t be reassured
• Tympanic membrane perforation & everything else seems OK -> it
probably is
Direction of
blast
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33. Myth: blast-fragmentation penetrating wounds are
usually ‘high energy’ transfer
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34. Tips for hospital management
of blast trauma
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35. Blast lung
• Pathogenesis: disruption of capillaries. Early deaths are due to arterial air emboli
(causing stroke and cardiac ischaemia).
• Develops over 24-72hrs and takes 7-10 days to resolve.
• Signs: hypoxaemia, frothy sputum, subcutaneous emphysema
• DDx pneumothorax, haemothorax, inhalation of toxic gases
Treatment: we have no idea!
• Extrapolate from ARDS principles (permissive hypercapnia, low tidal volume,
restrict fluid)
• Higher Ppeak = greater risk of air embolus (???)
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36. Occult abdominal injury
• Uncommon
• Presents late (up to 14 days) with peritoneal irritation
from visceral rupture (esp. colon or multifocal)
• Requires conventional surgical management
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37. A conventional organisational approach will not work
• Most patients will have >1
wound site, and so ideally
will require >1 operative
team.
• The median number of
surgical operations
required is 3.5
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38. Triage is important but reverse triage is not
necessarily essential
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London 2005
– 52 deaths (+4 bombers)
– 700+ wounded
– 350 hospitalised
– 100 admitted overnight
– No expectant category triage used
39. Two long term complications are particularly common
Incidence approx. 60% of
survivors from US military
in Iraq & Afghanistan
mTBI incidence 9% of 7909 US Marines
Main treatment is avoidance of repeat head trauma
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40. Summary
• Asymmetric warfare arguably makes mass casualty blast events a legitimate tactic
• Low explosive blast (typical of civilian blast events) almost never causes blast wave injury
• High explosive primary blast injury is likely to be present only:
• If very close to the explosion (when mortality is very high);
• With enhanced blast;
• With underwater blast; or
• In a confined space
• Penetrating wounds due to blast are the commonest mechanism in survivors. They are
usually low-energy. Not all require surgical debridement.
• Most blast-related injuries should be managed according to conventional trauma principles.
• Treatment does not end with surviving the initial admission day
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References
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Editor's Notes
20 mins
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