1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910731465503321

Autore

Waikar Shrikant

Titolo

Ocular Trauma in Armed Conflicts / / edited by Shrikant Waikar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

981-19-4021-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 pages)

Disciplina

617.713

Soggetti

Ophthalmology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Changing Nature of Oculofacial Trauma in Armed Conflicts -- Battle Field Trauma Care - Prehospital Management -- Management of Battlefield Polytrauma - A Forward Surgeons Perspective -- Open Globe Injuries – Initial Evaluation and Primary Repair. Corneal Rehabilitation and Anterior Segment Reconstruction -- Management of Lenticular Injuries -- Glaucoma in Trauma -- Posterior Segment Manifestations of Ocular Trauma and Their Management -- Intra Ocular Foreign Body – Approach to Management. Traumatic Uveitis and Sympathetic Ophthalmia. Endophthalmitis Following Ocular Trauma in Armed Conflicts. Stem Cell Transplantation for Ocular Surface Chemical Injuries – Techniques and Outcomes -- Unsalvageable Eye – Cosmetic Rehabilitation -- Orbital and Maxillofacial Injuries -- Injuries of the Nasolacrimal Drainage System -- Neuro Ophthalmology of Head Trauma -- Reconstruction of Eyelid Injuries in Military Trauma -- Ocular Trauma in Armed Conflicts - Manifestations, Management and Outcomes – Complex Case Scenarios -- Ocular Manifestations and Management Strategies in CBRN Warfare -- Classification Systems for Ocular Trauma -- Imaging in Eye Injury -- Prevention of Ocular Trauma in Armed Forces and Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired.

Sommario/riassunto

The book comprehensively covers the complete spectrum of ocular trauma in war and peace, while most of the books on ocular trauma cover only civil trauma. It explains the care to be taken by the injured himself from the time of injury to the most specialized tertiary care management step-by-step. It covers the various modes of trauma, the evaluation, and the management from emergency care and evacuation



to secondary and tertiary care. The initial chapters cover the step by step care of wounds and the application of dressings or tourniquets available in the battlefield to be taken by the individual himself and the initial medical care by forward medical officer and surgeon before evacuating to the ophthalmologist The book also covers the management of polytrauma involving the head and neck or other parts of the body based on real-life experience since most of the battlefield ocular trauma presents with it. It incorporates chapters on ocular trauma due to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) hazards and the important aspect of imaging in ocular trauma. It covers the classification systems of ocular trauma. The book presents the step-by-step approach to primary repair of open globe injuries and lid lacerations by the first contact ophthalmologist. It covers the subspeciality wise tertiary care management of ocular trauma, encompassing an approach to the management of corneal scars, lenticular injuries, uveitis, traumatic glaucoma, intraocular foreign body and other posterior segment manifestations of injury like retinal detachment, vitreous and choroidal hemorrhage, etc., orbit and optic nerve trauma and other neuroophthalmological manifestations of trauma. It also includes a chapter on chemical injuries and techniques of stem cell transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction. Additionally, it covers the management of unsalvageable eyes and cosmetic rehabilitation. The book is a complete and helpful resource on ocular trauma and assists ophthalmologists, trauma care workers, and medical officers with security forces in the easy management of ocular trauma.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019931603321

Autore

Chappell David (David M.)

Titolo

Building law encyclopaedia / / David Chappell, Michael Dunn, Michael Cowlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

9786612379796

9781282379794

1282379798

9781444309898

1444309897

9781444309904

1444309900

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (594 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CowlinMichael

DunnMichael

Disciplina

343.41

343.41/07869

343.4107869

Soggetti

Building laws - England

Building laws - Wales

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

BUILDING LAW ENCYCLOPAEDIA; PREFACE; FOREWORD; ABBREVIATIONS; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; BIBLIOGRAPHY; TABLE OF CASES

Sommario/riassunto

Building Law Encyclopaedia is a concise and authoritative reference, providing information in reasonable depth on an extensive number of legal terms, principles, phrases and issues that are commonly encountered in the construction industry. Most standard contracts are referred to, including the current suite of JCT Contracts, SBC, IC, ICD, MW, MWD, as well as ACA, PPC 2000, GC/Works/1 and NEC. In addition, some contracts which are theoretically out of date, but which are still in common use, are also covered.  With over 1050 entries and numerous cross references, it will be an inval