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  2. Crush syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Immediate untreated crush syndrome death is caused by severe head injury, torso injury with damaged abdominal organs, and asphyxia (excessive loss of oxygen). Early untreated crush syndrome death is caused by hyperkalemia and by hypovolemic shock. Late untreated crush syndrome death is caused by renal failure, coagulopathy and hemorrhage, and ...

  3. Liver injury - Wikipedia

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    The common cause of death while operating is exsanguination caused by profuse loss of blood volume. [18] Rarely, surgery entails the use of liver resection, which removes the source of the bleeding and necrotic tissue. The drastic nature of this procedure means it can only be used in hemodynamically stable patients. [11]

  4. Broken toe - Wikipedia

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    Broken toes can usually be cared for at home, unless the break is in the big toe, there is an open wound, or the broken ends of the bone are displaced. [4] In high-force crushing and shearing injuries, especially those with open wounds, blood circulation (tested by capillary refill ) can be impaired, which needs urgent professional treatment. [ 3 ]

  5. List of association footballers who died after on-field ...

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    This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.

  6. Diseases of the foot - Wikipedia

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    An acute attack of gout is intensely painful and walking on the foot is impossible. Gout is essentially a disorder caused by precipitation of uric acid crystals in the joint. Plantar fasciitis is a very common cause of heel pain. The thick fibrous bands at the bottom of the heel get inflamed and cause excruciating pain.

  7. This disease kills more people than all cancers and accidents ...

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    The report, which was published on Jan. 27 in the AHA’s journal Circulation, revealed that cardiovascular disease kills more people than all types of cancer and accidental deaths combined.

  8. Fat embolism syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The cause of death was revealed to be acute fat embolism, which resulted from the blunt force impact caused by the beatings, which led to the fatty tissue entering the bloodstream and eventually entering the blood vessels in the lungs, which led to a blockage and cut off the circulation of oxygenated blood and led to Ee's death by respiratory ...

  9. The greatest killer of rock stars isn't partying; It's cancer

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    In the first half of this decade, 89 rock stars have died as a result of cancer, surpassing the 79 cancer-related deaths in the 2000s. Comparatively, there have only been 12 overdose-related ...