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21Complications of traumatic brain injury — Traumatic brain injury (TBI, physical trauma to the brain) can cause a variety of complications, health effects that are not TBI themselves but that result from it. The risk of complications increases with the severity of the trauma;[1] however… …
22Nerve injury — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a nerve with a decrease in myelinated nerve fibres (pink) and an abnormal increase in fibrous tissue (yellow), as may be seen in nerve injuries. HPS stain …
23Eye injury — A small piece of iron has lodged near the margin of the cornea Eye injury by impact o …
24Acute lung injury — (ALI) is a diffuse heterogeneous lung injury characterized by hypoxemia, non cardiogenic pulmonary edema, low lung compliance and widespread capillary leakage. ALI is caused by any stimulus of local or systemic inflammation, principally sepsis.… …
25Self-injury — ] Non fatal self harm is common in young people worldwide [cite journal|author=Schmidtke A, et al.|year=1996|title=Attempted suicide in Europe: rates, trends and sociodemographic characteristics of suicide attempters during the period… …
26Abbreviated Injury Scale — Die Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) bzw. vereinfachte Verletzungsskala wurde Ende der 1960er Jahre als Bewertungsskala für die Letalität von Einzelverletzungen eingeführt. Treibende Kraft für die Entwicklung war die automobile Unfallforschung in… …
27radiation injury — Tissue damage caused by exposure to ionizing radiation. Structures with rapid cell turnover (e.g., skin, stomach or intestinal lining, and bone marrow) are most susceptible. High dose irradiation of the last two causes radiation sickness. Nausea… …
28Tracheobronchial injury — Classification and external resources Reconstruction of the trachea and bronchi with x ray computed tomography showing disruption of the right main bronchus with abnormal lucency (arrow) …
29Penetrating head injury — Classification and external resources An 1868 illustration of the injury suffered by Phineas Gage, a railroad worker who had a tamping iron driven through his skull in an 1848 accident. ICD 10 S …
30Repetitive strain injury — Classification and external resources DiseasesDB 11373 eMedicine pmr/97 …
