title: Plastic bullets: significant risk of serious injury above the diaphragm.
abstract: A series of 123 patients who attended a district general hospital in Belfast over a 14-year period from 1975, sustained 126 plastic bullet injuries, resulting in one death and several serious injuries. This report shows the significant association of serious injury and/or death from plastic bullets in which the impact is above diaphragmatic level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ritchie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002960:Civil Disorders; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009660:Northern Ireland; D010969:Plastics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics