Facial Injuries - Therapy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Monkey bites in travelers: should we think of herpes B virus?

30 Jul 2009 Monkey bites are frequently reported among children traveling to tropical countries and can be associated with the transmission of zoonoses. Potentially fatal transmission of herpes B virus from macaque bites is rare but well documented in ... Read more...

Dentists' role in treating facial injuries sustained in the 2008 earthquake in China: how dental professionals can contribute to emergency response.

29 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: A major earthquake struck Sichuan province, China, on May 12, 2008, and the authors were involved in the medical response to the disaster in Jiangyou City, an area hard-hit by the quake. In this article, they analyze data about the ... Read more...

The changing face of trauma: New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina.

30 Mar 2009 Charity Hospital (CH) was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and remains closed. Design and staffing of a new, temporary dedicated trauma hospital relied on data from prior experience at CH, updated census information, and a changed trauma demographic. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Facial Injuries - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Securing tracheal tubes in facial burns. 30 Aug 2009
• Monkey bites in travelers: should we think of herpes B virus? 30 Jul 2009
• Principles and practices of treating facial cuts during boxing matches. 30 Jul 2009
• Dentists' role in treating facial injuries sustained in the 2008 earthquake in China: how dental professionals can contribute to emergency response. 29 Apr 2009
• The changing face of trauma: New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina. 30 Mar 2009
• Oral and facial trauma among paratroopers in the Israel Defense Forces. 30 Jan 2009
• The efficacy of Helix aspersa Müller extract in the healing of partial thickness burns: a novel treatment for open burn management protocols. 30 Dec 2008
• A technique for applying Biobrane to the face as a single sheet. 16 Dec 2008
• Pediatric facial trauma. 29 Nov 2008
• A novel method of applying Biobrane to facial burns. 12 Nov 2008
• Introduction and use of the ProSeal laryngeal mask airway as a rescue device in a pre-hospital trauma anaesthesia algorithm. 12 Nov 2008
• Using nerve blocks to treat facial wounds. 30 Aug 2008
• [A case of injury inflicted by a harpoon] 29 Jun 2008
• Management of difficult pediatric facial burns: reconstruction of burn-related lower eyelid ectropion and perioral contractures. 29 Jun 2008
• Pediatric facial burns. 29 Jun 2008
• Nonoperative management of pediatric burn injuries. 29 Jun 2008
• Barriers to seeking mental health care after treatment for orofacial injury at a large, urban medical center: concordance of patient and provider perspectives. 29 Jun 2008
• Topical management of facial burns. 3 Jun 2008
• Treatment of hot bitumen-contact-burn injuries. Jun 2008
• Facial trauma coverage among level-1 trauma centers of the United States. 29 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Facial Injuries'

Definition: General or unspecified injuries to the soft tissue or bony portions of the face.

Descriptor UI: D005151

Alternative terms: Facial Injuries; Injuries, Facial; Facial Injury; Injury, Facial;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.866.260.275;

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified for soft tissue or bony portions of face; consider also /inj with FACIAL BONES or specific facial bones; fractures: see note on FACIAL BONES; TN 115: use of FACIAL INJURIES & jaw inj