Wounds and Injuries

Introduction: Wounds and Injuries

Description of Wounds and Injuries

Wounds and Injuries: Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.
Source: MeSH 2007

Wounds and Injuries: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Wounds and Injuries:

• Injuries

Terms associated with Wounds and Injuries:

Terms Similar to Wounds and Injuries:

• Injuries
• Trauma

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• First Aid
• Transportation of Patients

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Wounds and Injuries:

• Abdominal Injuries
• Amputation, Traumatic
• Arm Injuries
• Asphyxia
• Athletic Injuries
• Barotrauma
• Birth Injuries
• Bites and Stings
• Burns
• Contusions
• Dislocations
• Drowning
• Electric Injuries
• Esophageal Perforation
• Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
• Foreign Bodies
• Frostbite
• Hand Injuries
• Craniocerebral Trauma
• Leg Injuries
• Multiple Trauma
• Radiation Injuries
• Retropneumoperitoneum
• Rupture
• Self Mutilation
• Shock, Traumatic
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Spinal Injuries
• Sprains and Strains
• Tendon Injuries
• Thoracic Injuries
• Wound Infection
• Wounds, Nonpenetrating
• Wounds, Penetrating
• Soft Tissue Injuries
• Tympanic Membrane Perforation
• Tooth Injuries
• Heat Stress Disorders
• Back Injuries
• Neck Injuries
• Trauma, Nervous System
• Lacerations
• Hip Injuries
• Fractures, Bone
• Fractures, Cartilage

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Wounds and Injuries

The following list attempts to classify Wounds and Injuries into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Disorders of Environmental Origin
  • Wounds and Injuries

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