Explosion and blast injuries : effects of explosion and blast from military operations, industrial accidents, and acts of terrorism

Part 1 Epidemiology of Blast and Explosion Injuries Chapter 1 The Epidemiology and Triage of Blast Injuries........................3 Richard W. Sattin, Scott M. Sasser, Ernest E. Sullivent III, and Victor G. Coronado Chapter 2 Explosion Injuries Treated at Combat Support Hospitals in the Global War on Terrorism.............................41 Charles E. Wade, Amber E. Ritenour, Brian J. Eastridge, Lee Ann Young, Lorne H. Blackbourne, and John B. Holcomb Part 2 Pathology and Pathophysiology of Blast Injuries Chapter 3 Pathology of Human Blast Lung Injury................................73 Michael Tsokos Chapter 4 Neurotrauma from Explosive Blast......................................91 Geoffrey Ling, Faris Bandak, Gerald Grant, Rocco Armonda, and James Ecklund Chapter 5 Effects of Blast Injury on the Autonomic Nervous System and the Response to Resuscitation........................105 Emrys Kirkman, Sarah Watts, Wayne Sapsford, and Marina Sawdon Chapter 6 Quaternary Blast Injury: Burns.........................................143 David S. Kauvar, Michael A. Dubick, Lorne H. Blackbourne, and Steven E. WolfPart 3 Modeling and Mechanisms of Primary Blast Injury Chapter 7 Multiscale Computational Modeling of Lung Blast Injuries.................................................................163 Andrzej Przekwas Chapter 8 Biochemical Mechanism(s) of Primary Blast Injury: The Role of Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress..................261 Nabil M. Elsayed and Nikolai V. Gorbunov Chapter 9 Inflammatory Response in Primary Blast Injury..................289 Nikolai V. Gorbunov, Ludmila V. Asher, Nabil M. Elsayed, and James L. Atkins Part 4 Global Experiences of Blast Injury and Mass Casualty Management Chapter 10 Mass Casualty Events—Suicide Bombing: The Israeli Perspective....................................................................307 Limor Aharonson-Daniel, Gidon Almogy, Hany Bahouth, Zvi Feigenberg, Yoram Kluger, Kobi Peleg, Avraham I. Rivkind, and Boaz Tadmor Chapter 11 The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan 1980–1989: Abdominal Blast Injury Produced by Mine Explosions.........337 Petr G. Alisov Chapter 12 Otologic Blast Trauma: Experience from Croatian War........353 Srec´ko Branica, Krsto Dawidowsky, Nikola ٹprem, and Brian McKinnon Index.................................................................................................369 Table of Contents