Surviving a mine explosion

J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Aug;207(2):276-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.02.015. Epub 2008 May 19.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Basal Ganglia / pathology
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / diagnosis
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / mortality
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / therapy*
  • Carboxyhemoglobin / metabolism
  • Cause of Death
  • Coal Mining*
  • Critical Care / methods
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Explosions*
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Humans
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation
  • Hypoxia, Brain / diagnosis
  • Hypoxia, Brain / mortality
  • Hypoxia, Brain / therapy
  • Male
  • Occipital Lobe / pathology
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / therapy
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Embolism / mortality
  • Pulmonary Embolism / therapy
  • Rescue Work
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / mortality
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*
  • Resuscitation
  • Rhabdomyolysis / diagnosis
  • Rhabdomyolysis / mortality
  • Rhabdomyolysis / therapy
  • Risk Factors
  • Survivors*
  • West Virginia

Substances

  • Carboxyhemoglobin