Hypobaria Exposure Worsens Cardiac Function and Endothelial Injury in an Animal Model of Polytrauma: Implications for Aeromedical Evacuation.
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DOI: 10.1097/shk.0000000000001716
Abstract: BACKGROUND Aeromedical evacuation can expose traumatically injured patients to low pressure (hypobaria) and hypoxia. Here we sought to assess the impact of hypobaria on inflammation, organ injury, and mortality in a mouse model of polytrauma.… read more here.
Keywords: model polytrauma; hypobaria; endothelial injury; injury ... See more keywords
Aeromedical evacuation-relevant hypobaria worsens axonal and neurologic injury in rats after underbody blast-induced hyperacceleration
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DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001478
Abstract: BACKGROUND Occupants of military vehicles targeted by explosive devices often suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and are typically transported by the aeromedical evacuation (AE) system to a military medical center within a few days.… read more here.
Keywords: blast; hypobaria worsens; relevant hypobaria; hypobaria ... See more keywords