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Penetrating craniocerebral airgun injury
Author(s) -
WRIGHT P. J.,
MURRAY R. J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1989.tb11227.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rifle , gunshot injury , anesthesia , propofol , head injury , surgery , craniocerebral trauma , missile , poison control , medical emergency , aerospace engineering , archaeology , engineering , history
Summary Low velocity cerebral missile injuries inflicted by air guns frequently cause little primary neurological damage, but the patient often suffers severe later deterioration which has been classified as a type of ‘talk and die’ head injury. The anaesthetic management of a penetrating air rifle missile injury using an infusion of propofol is described.