(n.) The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.
(n.) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.
Example Sentences:
(1) After the diagnosis of a soft-tissue injury (sprain, strain, or contusion) has been made, treatment must include an initial 24- to 48-hour period of RICE.
(2) Thirty-two (56%) had moderate-severe pulmonary contusions and 44 (77%) required chest tubes for hemo-pneumothorax.
(3) In five of the six cases a violent contusion in the trochanter region was involved as a result of a fall on a hard surface or a traffic accident.
(4) The slopes of the recruitment curves were markedly reduced subsequent to contusion injury.
(5) Behavioral problems resulting in the use of physical restraint is a clinical problem seen in the acute phase of recovery from cerebral contusion.
(6) These data suggest that when less advanced monitoring equipment is available, the differential Pawpeak might be used as a measure of differential lung mechanics in asymmetrical pulmonary contusion.
(7) The delayed appearance of syringomyelia after a severe single spinal trauma resulting in contusion of the spinal cord without the complication of arachnoiditis is a more recent issue, but is now well-known.
(8) Associated many severe head injuries (brain contusion etc.)
(9) The pathogenesis is discussed: a fold of contused myocardium, or immediate or late traumatic obstruction of the anterior descending artery, or both factors at the same time?
(10) They reported on 257 incidents, 8% of which were contusions and 24% resulted in fractures.
(11) Contusive damage to the choroid and retina limited final visual and anatomic results after blunt rupture of the globe.
(12) The nosology of pulmonary contusion is discussed in relation to several factors, including shock, perfusions and associated lesions.
(13) I) the absence of variations in average cerebral blood flow, measured by the method of LASSEN, following treatment of traumatic coma by means of hyperbaric oxygenation patients presenting with brainstem contusion, during 2 hours of HBO (at 2.5 times atmospheric pressure) measurements of cerebral blood flow were made using a single detecting probe, before and two hours after terminating HBO.
(14) Eight patients had contusion injuries and 12 perforating injuries.
(15) Possible pathogenic mechanisms included hemorrhage into previously undetected areas of contusion, damage to cerebral vasculature secondary to rapid perioperative parenchymal shift, and sudden increase in cerebral blood flow combined with focal disruption of autoregulation; of these, the latter mechanism seemed most likely to be responsible for the hematoma formation.
(16) Three patients with Down's syndrome had complications: one with a preoperative Brown-Sequard syndrome had transient worsening in the immediate postoperative period, one with a preoperative myelopathy developed a late recurrence of a severe myelopathy that required odontectomy, and another sustained an intraoperative spinal cord contusion followed by postoperative quadriplegia and death due to respiratory failure.
(17) Of these, two had a contusion and one had a complete transection of the pancreas.
(18) The effects of a single contusion without surface disruption and without fracture of the patella were studied in 40 rabbits.
(19) Multivariate analysis identified two factors predictive of a myocardial contusion: an abnormal ECG and an ISS greater than 10.
(20) Ninety-eight brain contusions in 17 patients served as a data base for a comparative study of MR and CT for defining brain contusions.
Discoloration
Definition:
(n.) The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.
(n.) A discolored spot; a stain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Discoloration and pulpal obliteration were the major manifestations.
(2) The etched porcelain laminate veneer is a new conservative treatment that offers a solution to fractured, discolored, and worn anterior teeth.
(3) In a relative safe way many types of discoloration can be treated.
(4) Treatment did not influence total or percent discolored areas.
(5) After 24 h, the extensor digitorum longus and tibialis anterior muscles appeared grossly swollen (edematous) and discolored.
(6) Scar tissue and leukoderma-type discoloration of the skin due to deep burns are treated by dermabrasion and thin split-thickness skin-graft application.
(7) The test strips are not absolutely yeastspecific, since problem organisms and molds may cause a brown discoloration.
(8) Interest in the use of bleaching for treatment of discolored teeth is increasing.
(9) The discolored area had enlarged during a recent pregnancy, contained multiple subcutaneous nodules, demonstrated increased cellularity and mitotic activity, and was associated with an axillary lymph node containing black streaks within the capsule.
(10) Subjects who developed dark brownish discoloration on the facial surfaces of their anterior teeth during a 3-week period following professional cleaning of the teeth were selected for study.
(11) The hearts of these rats were enlarged and discolored.
(12) The surgical procedure consisted of debriding muscle tissue which showed impaired contractility, consistency, discoloration or lack of capillary bleeding--current criteria of non-viability.
(13) The second group included generally younger patients (average age 2.9 years) in whom misformulation of rifampicin preparations for treatment of Haemophilus influenzae Type B resulted in bright reddish-orange discoloration to the skin.
(14) Circumpulpal discoloration commenced on the sixth day postmortem and increased to 18 days.
(15) A yellow compound was isolated from commercially available, discolored, polyethylene ophthalmic closures containing titanium dioxide and butylated hydroxytoluene (I).
(16) A weak chelator did not alter the discoloration tendency.
(17) Five patients are reported in whom brownish grey discoloration occurred on the light-exposed parts of the dermis after long-term amiodarone-medication.
(18) Chicks exhibited cerebellar and cerebral encephalitis characterized by brown-red discoloration of affected brain tissue.
(19) The risk factors studied included: donor parameters (age, sex, cause of death, haemodynamic parameters and renal function); retrieval parameters (kidney alone or multiorgan harvesting, discoloration and renal perfusion quality); organ characteristics (multiple arteries and cold ischemia time); recipients parameters (age, sex, prior transplantation, local transplantation or not, and HLA matching).
(20) With the breakdown of trapped hemoglobin, iron-containing hemosiderin is stored in synovial tissue producing rusty discoloration and proliferative reaction.