Evidence Browser: Variable: MechanismOfInjury

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Variable:MechanismOfInjury
Description:

Mechanism of injury is catagorised into blunt, penetrating, and blast. Damage to limb tissues may be a direct consequence of energy transfer during injury or through the effects of ischaemic necrosis. The level and extent of this tissue damage is directly related to the outcome of the limb in terms of viability. The mechanism of injury determines the amount of energy transferred to the tissues, and as such, is related to the severity of the soft tissue damage and the likelihood of associated fractures.

Distribution:Discrete
States:
  • Blast
  • Blunt
  • Penetrating
    • Evidence:
    MechanismOfInjury_SupportingEvidence(Supporting Evidence)

    Supporting evidences for the variable Mechanism of Injury
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    Parent Variables:

    Child Variables:

  • MechanismOfInjury → AssociatedSoftTissueInjury
  • MechanismOfInjury → AssociatedFracture
    • Parameterised From: