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Descriptor English: Blast Injuries
Descriptor Spanish: Traumatismos por Explosión
Descriptor traumatismos por explosión
Entry term(s) lesiones por explosión
traumatismos por onda expansiva
Scope note: Lesiones producidas cuando una persona es alcanzada por partículas proyectadas violentamente por una explosión. La explosión causa concusión pulmonar y hemorragia, laceración de otras vísceras torácicas y abdominales, rotura de los tímpanos, y efectos menores en el sistema nervioso central. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Traumatismos por Explosões
Descriptor French: Traumatismes par explosion
Entry term(s): Blast Injury
Injuries, Blast
Injury, Blast
Tree number(s): C26.120.126
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001753
Scope note: Injuries resulting when a person is struck by particles impelled with violent force from an explosion. Blast causes pulmonary concussion and hemorrhage, laceration of other thoracic and abdominal viscera, ruptured ear drums, and minor effects in the central nervous system. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Annotation: various body inj from waves of high-pressure velocity; /compl permitted but do not confuse with /pathol
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 73; was BLAST INJURY 1963-72
Online Note: use BLAST INJURIES to search BLAST INJURY 1966-72
History Note: 73; was BLAST INJURY 1963-72
Entry Version: BLAST INJ
DeCS ID: 1777
Unique ID: D001753
NLM Classification: WO 820
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Blast Injuries - Preferred
Concept UI M0002639
Scope note Injuries resulting when a person is struck by particles impelled with violent force from an explosion. Blast causes pulmonary concussion and hemorrhage, laceration of other thoracic and abdominal viscera, ruptured ear drums, and minor effects in the central nervous system. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Preferred term Blast Injuries
Entry term(s) Blast Injury
Injuries, Blast
Injury, Blast



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