Explosion and Blast-Related Injuries

Part I:Epidemiology of Blast and Explosion Injuries

The Epidemiology and Triage of Blast Injuries
Richard W. Sattin, Scott M. Sasser, Earnest E. Sullivent, III, and Victor G. Coronado.

Explosion Injuries Treated at Combat Support Hospitals in the Global War on Terrorism
Charles E. Wade, Amber E. Ritenour, Brian J. Eastridge, Lee Ann Young, Lorne H. Blackbone and John B. Holcomb


Part II: Pathology and Pathophysiology of Blast Injuries

Pathology of Human Blast Lung Injury
Michael Tsokos

Neurotrauma from Explosive Blast
Geoffrey Ling, Faris Bandak, Gerald Grant, Rocco Armonda, and James Ecklund

Effects of Blast Injury on the Autonomic Nervous System and the Response to Resuscitation
Emrys Kirkman, Sarah Watts, Wayne Sapsford, and Marina Sawdon

Quaternary Blast Injury: Burns
David S. Kauvar, Michael Dubick, Lorne H. Blackbourne and Steven E. Wolf


Part III: Modeling and Mechanisms of Primary Blast Injury

Multiscale Computational Modeling of Lung Blast Injuries
Andrzej Prekwas

Biochemical Mechanism(s) of Primary Blast Injury. The Role of Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress.
Nabil M. Elsayed and Nikolai V. Gorbunov

Inflammatory Response in Primary Blast Injury
Nikolai V. Gorbunov, Ludmila V. Asher, Nabil M. Elsayed and James L. Atkins

Part IV: Global Experiences of Blast Injury and Mass Casualty Management

Mass Casualty Events-Suicide Bombing: The Israeli Perspective
Boaz Tadmor, Zvi Feigenberg., Limor Aharonson-Daniel, Kobi Peleg, Hany Bahouth. Yoram Kluger, Gidon Almogy, and Avraham I Rivkind

The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan 1980-1989: Abdominal Blast Injury Produced by Mine Explosions
Petr G. Alisov

Otologic Blast Trauma: The War in Croatia Experience
Sreæko Branica, Krsto Dawidowsky, Nikola Šprem, and Brian McKinnon