Citation

Garner MJ, Brett SJ. Anesthesiol. Clin. 2007; 25(1): 147-160.

Affiliation

Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.anclin.2006.11.002

PMID

17400162

Abstract

Explosive devices cause injury by four mechanisms, of which primary blast injury is the least familiar to most non-military clinicians. The pathophysiology of the various mechanisms of injury is described, and the implications for translating a knowledge of mechanism of injury to clinical management is discussed.

Language: en