Gun shot wound to humerus
Diagnosis certain
Updates to Case Attributes
Presentation
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Patient involved in a brawl.
Body
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At short range, the combined energy of the shotgun pellets can lead to devastating injury, more severe than from a bullet fired at same range.
- +<p>At short range, the combined energy of the shotgun pellets can lead to devastating injury, more severe than from a bullet fired at same range.</p>
Systems changed:
- Forensic
- Trauma
Updates to Study Attributes
Findings
was changed:
This patient was shot insustained a shotgun injury to the upper arm, with the shot causing causing a comminuted open fracture of the shaft of the right humerus.
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