Generally, the viscus had the highest mercury content among all parts of the shellfish.
Lei Zhang, Lei Zhang 2015, 'Contribution of Shellfish Consumption to Lower Mercury Health Risk for Residents inNorthern Jiaozhou Bay, China', Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applicationshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/159521. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Emergency physicians should be aware of hollow viscus injury in traumatic patients.
Atousa Akhgar, Mohammad Taghi Talebian, Mohamad Ashouri, Shora Ghorbani, Hadi Mirfazaelian 2017, 'Jejunal Perforation Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma; a Case Report', Advanced Journal of Emergency Medicinehttp://ajem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ajem/article/view/22. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To analyse mechanism of injury, organs involved and accompanying injuries in traumatic hollow viscus injuries.
William Premalatha Sharon Rose, Ravikumar Sumathi , Dhanasekaran Uma 2017, 'PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON TRAUMATIC HOLLOW VISCUS INJURIES', Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcarehttp://www.jebmh.com/data_pdf/Premalatha%20-%20FINAL.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hollow viscus perforations are relatively easy to pick on x-ray.
G. Kishore Babu, Y. Mahesh Babu, B. Sobha Rani, K. Lokesh, K. V. Madhusudhan 2016, 'A CLINICAL STUDY ON BLUNT INJURY ABDOMEN', Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcarehttp://www.jebmh.com/data_pdf/Kishore%20babu%20-%20FINAL.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Injuries to the stomach are associated with the highest mortality of all hollow viscus injuries.
M.R. Aboobakar, J.P. Singh, K. Maharaj, S. Mewa Kinoo, B. Singh 2017, 'Gastric perforation following blunt abdominal trauma', Trauma Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644017300377. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
About 10% of cases of pneumoperitoneum are not associated with a hollow viscus breach.
Hadeer Mohamed Nasr Eldin, Khaled Bahaaeldin, Aly Shalaby 2017, 'Extra-peritoneal air mimicking pneumoperitoneum in an infant', Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576617301720. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Small bowel was the most frequently injured hollow viscus.
Upadhyay Vipul, Abbas Saleh M 2007, 'Hollow viscus injury in children: Starship Hospital experience', World Journal of Emergency Surgeryhttp://www.wjes.org/content/2/1/14. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, perforated viscus showed the least sensitivity (60.0%), specificity (99.2%), and kappa agreement 0.654.
Bimbo Ayoola Ashaolu, Mopelola Christianah Asaleye, Adebayo Victor Adetiloye, IsaacOlusegun Alatise 2015, 'Spectrum of diseases and diagnostic values of ultrasound in adult patients with nontraumaticacute abdomen in a Nigerian tertiary health facility', Nigerian Journal of Surgeryhttp://www.nigerianjsurg.com/article.asp?issn=1117-6806;year=2015;volume=21;issue=1;spage=6;epage=12;aulast=Ashaolu. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Hollow viscus injuries of the digestive tract are an uncommon occurrence in blunt abdominal trauma.
Ahmed A. Naiem, Kadhim M. Taqi, Badriya H. Al-Kendi, Hani Al-Qadhi 2016, 'Missed Gastric Injuries in Blunt Abdominal Trauma; Case report with review of literature',Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal https://squmj.org/index.php/squmj/article/view/179. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The free fluid can lead to diagnostic confusion for a ruptured viscus.
Avital Yohann, Constance W. Lee, Saleem Islam 2017, 'Traumatic rupture of an ovarian teratoma – Case report and review of the literature',Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576617300684. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)