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| Title |
Penetrating injury to the chest by an attenuated energy projectile: a case report and literature review of thoracic injuries caused by "less-lethal" munitions
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, June 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1749-7922-4-26 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joao Rezende-Neto, Fabriccio DF Silva, Leonardo BO Porto, Luiz C Teixeira, Homer Tien, Sandro B Rizoli |
| Abstract |
We present the case of a patient who sustained a penetrating injury to the chest caused by an attenuated energy rubber bullet and review the literature on thoracic injuries caused by plastic and rubber "less-lethal" munitions. The patient of this report underwent a right thoracotomy to extract the projectile as well as a wedge resection of the injured lung parenchyma. This case demonstrates that even supposedly safe riot control munition fired at close range, at the torso, can provoke serious injury. Therefore a thorough investigation and close clinical supervision are justified. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 27 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 18% |
| Researcher | 5 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
| Professor | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 18% |
| Unknown | 4 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 9 | 32% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 14% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 7% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 18% |
| Unknown | 5 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 June 2020.
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#3,145,113
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#105
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#11,875
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#2
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