An example of an acute injury: A construction worker falls through a metal grate and wrenches his knee, necessitating emergency surgery and long - term orthopedics.
Not exact matches
Examples include a series
of studies to document persistent microchimerism
of donor cells in transfusion recipients, with particular focus on mechanisms and clinical relevance
of donor stem cell microchimerism in transfused trauma patients, and the immunological mechanisms and prevention
of transfusion - related
acute lung
injury (TRALI) and alloimmunization.
Acute inflammation occurs over seconds, minutes, hours, and days; for
example swelling after an
injury; while chronic inflammation occurs over long periods
of time and is associated with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity.