title: Urban bomb blast injuries: patterns of injury and treatment.
abstract: A review of many series reporting injuries following blasts, data allows certain conclusions to be made: 1. Most patients sustain minor injuries, which may be treated on an outpatient basis. 2. Injuries predominantly affect the head and neck and the periphery, which suggests that clothing plays a major role in protection from secondary injuries. 3. Injuries to the chest and abdomen are relatively uncommon but have a high mortality, also associated with head injury. 4. Primary blast injuries are uncommonly seen in a hospital setting, because they usually result in immediate death.
authors.affiliation: Johannesburg Hospital Trauma Unit, South Africa.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Boffard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: MacFarlane
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014505:Urban Population