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A near 60 vehicle pile-up in heavy snow on Austria's main east–west highway causes one death with six injuries. [64] 11 January 2009: United States (Derry, New Hampshire) 50+ There was a pileup on I-93 involving "more than 50 cars..." in Derry, New Hampshire. [65] 19 July 2009: Germany (Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) 66: 259
This can occur through either a blunt force such as a car accident, or a penetrating foreign object such as a knife. [1] Liver injuries constitute 5% of all traumas, making it the most common abdominal injury. [2] Generally nonoperative management and observation is all that is required for a full recovery.
Retroperitoneal bleeding is an accumulation of blood in the retroperitoneal space. Signs and symptoms may include abdominal or upper leg pain , hematuria , and shock . It can be caused by major trauma or by non-traumatic mechanisms.
Thus traumatic aortic rupture is a common killer in automotive accidents and other traumas, [1] with up to 18% of deaths that occur in automobile collisions being related to the injury. [2] In fact, aortic disruption due to blunt chest trauma is the second leading cause of injury death behind traumatic brain injury .
1. Be prepared for an accident. Financial preparation for a car accident starts with a strong auto insurance policy. If you’re not sure what coverage you have on your vehicle, review your policy ...
Causes of hemoperitoneum include: [citation needed] Penetrating trauma; Blunt trauma, most commonly injuries to solid organs such as the liver and spleen. [1] Vascular accidents, such as rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, iliac aneurysm, or splenic aneurysm. Bleeding due to a ruptured ectopic pregnancy or uterine rupture.
Traumatic injury is by far the most common cause of hemorrhagic shock, [4] particularly blunt and penetrating trauma, [3] followed by upper and lower gastrointestinal sources, [3] such as gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. [4] Other causes of hemorrhagic shock include bleed from an ectopic pregnancy, bleeding from surgical intervention, vaginal ...
Obi Ndefo, an actor who had recurring roles on “Dawson’s Creek” and “Stargate SG-1,” died on Aug. 28 in a hospital in the Los Angeles area. He was 51. Obi Ndefo’s sister, Nkem Ndefo ...