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Table 7.2<br />

Spectrum of primary blast injury on body systems<br />

System<br />

Respiratory<br />

GI<br />

Auditory<br />

Circulatory<br />

CNS<br />

Injuries<br />

Pulmonary contusion<br />

Pulmonary hemorrhage<br />

Respiratory failure<br />

Stripped-epithelium lesion<br />

Alveolo-venous fistula<br />

Bronchopleural fistula<br />

Pneumothorax<br />

Traumatic emphysema<br />

Air embolism<br />

Acute respiratory distress syndrome<br />

GI hemorrhage<br />

GI perforation<br />

Spleen or liver hemorrhage or rupture<br />

Retroperitoneal hemorrhage<br />

Tunica albuginea (testis) hemorrhage<br />

Tympanic membrane rupture<br />

Ossicular chain disruption<br />

Cochlear nerve injury<br />

Labyrinthine fistula<br />

Perilymphatic fistula<br />

Coronary embolism<br />

Myocardial contusion<br />

Thrombosis/disseminated intravascular<br />

coagulation<br />

Cerebral air embolism<br />

Retinal artery embolism<br />

Source: Sharpnack DD, Johnson AJ, Phillips Y. The Pathology of Primary Blast Injury. In: Bellamy RF,<br />

Zajtchuk R, eds. Conventional Warfare: Ballistics, Blasts, <strong>and</strong> Burn Injuries. Washington, DC: Office of<br />

the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army; 1991: 271-294.<br />

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