Among the winners are the bulging eye of a greenfly magnified through an electron microscope and the papillae that create the rough surface of a cat's tongue.
Beyond these limits there is an increased risk of developing corneal ectasia (i.e. corneal forward bulging) due to thin residual stromal bed which results in loss of visual quality.
The patient was determined to be in acute respiratory distress, with paradoxical respirations indicative of a flail chest, and bulging neck veins, indicative of circulatory compromise.
