title: An objective index to estimate the survival rate of primary blast lung injury.
abstract: To supply proper treatments to the primary blast lung injury (PBLI) patients, it is important to estimate the severity of the primary blast lung injury in accordance with the blast conditions. In this study, a blast-induced mechanical parameter (first principal stress) of lung was calculated using a finite element thorax model and the correlation between the survival rate of the subjects with blast-induced lung damage and an objective index that was related to the first principal stress of the lung model. This study propose the objective index for the estimation of the degree of PBLI. The results have a potential clinical application to improve the efficacy of treatment for blast injury patients.
authors.forename: Kihyuck
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jungmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Kyeongran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Jungchang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Shinil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Sung Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Sung Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Jong-Shill
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyoung Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Seok Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hoonki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kim In
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015996:Survival Rate; D013909:Thorax / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult