head injury
Outcome after Complicated Minor Head Injury
... minor head injury has been shown to be significantly poorer than that in patients without neurocranial traumatic compli- cations after minor head ...minor head injury specifically, ...
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Return to driving after head injury
... In the United Kingdom (UK) drivers are required to inform the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) if they have any disability which is likely to last for more than three months and which may affect their fitness ...
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Efficacy of glasgow coma scale in predicting the prognosis in patients with head injury
... The aim in primary survey and resuscitation is uninterrupted blood circulation for perfusion of the brain. Patient is adequately oxygenated and vitals are monitored to watch for hypotension. Pupil size and Glasgow Coma ...
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Functional Outcome After Pediatric Head Injury
... vere injuries (Abbreviated Injury Scale 2, 3, 4). After controlling for head injury severity, we found that the poorer outcomes were associated with poverty, preinjury chronic health pro[r] ...
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The Management of Minor Closed Head Injury in Children
... minor head injury, no known evidence suggested that immediate neuroim- aging of asymptomatic children improved outcomes for these children, compared with the outcomes for children managed primarily with ...
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Technical Report: Minor Head Injury in Children
... the head injury, or associated either with the use of the emergency department or with whatever factors led to the in- ...mild injury including “concussion” found a slight increase in ...
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A Prospective study of Aphasia in Head Injury
... head injury. Aphasic disturbance was associated with severity of brain injury as reflected by prolonged coma and injury of the brain stem, contusion of the dorsolateral surface of the temporal ...
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Neuro-Ophthalmology in Severe Head Injury
... In the initial evaluation of any head injury vic- tim, a thorough neuro-ophthalmic examination will provide important clues to localization of sites of trauma, whet[r] ...
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Head Injury Depth as an Indicator of Causes and Mechanisms
... in head injury causes, mechanisms, acute clinical presenta- tions, and outcomes among the 4 com- parison ...visible injury (1) more frequently met defini- tional criteria for abuse (OR: ...
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Pediatric Head Injury: The Incidence of Multiple Injuries
... for head injury in our hospital. Head injury with other associated injuries had been sustained by 158 ...the head injury and the occur- rence of concomitant injuries (r = ...of ...
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Evaluation of Coma in Non Head Injury Cases
... I solemnly declare that the dissertation titled “EVALUATION OF COMA IN NON HEAD INJURY CASES” was done by me at K A P V Government Medical College attached to MGM Govt.Hospital,Tiruchirappalli under the ...
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Value of routine follow up CT brain at 24 and 48 hours in mild and moderate head injury patients
... severe head trauma in the year 2000 reported that 47 (27%) cases of the second CT scans showed significant new lesions including six intracranial hemorrhages (ICH), 17 cases showed worsening of brain edema, and 18 ...
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Prevalence of MR evidence of diffuse axonal injury in patients with mild head injury and normal head CT findings
... On T2-weighted spin-echo MR images in patients with normal head CT scans after mild head injury, both readers agreed that foci of high signal intensity were present in the white matter i[r] ...
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Incidence of cranial nerve injury in mild head injury
... nerve injury occurs with direct injury to the globe or ...to injury to intraneural micro vasculature as well as to the nerve fibers, and finally, intracanalicular compression of the ...chiasmal ...
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Pattern of Maxillofacial Injury Associated with Head Injury at a Neuro Surgical Centre: An Analysis of 250 Cases
... the frequency of MF injuries due to RTA. Males 117 (37.5%) in the 21-30 years age range was most often involved. The forehead was most often the site of soft tissue injury (37.3%) while the mandible was the facial ...
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Catatonia Eight Years after Head Injury
... lobe injury and subsequently catatonia one month later who was effectively treated with clozapine ...Minimally-responsive head injury survivors may have chronic catatonia reversed years after an ...
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Early Rehabilitation in Head Injury; Can We Improve the Outcomes?
... in head injury management. In severe brain injury, a pathway has been shown to improve some patient outcomes and reduce costs ...brain injury (15) and the development of head ...
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A prospective observational study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of clinical decision rules for children presenting to emergency departments after head injuries (protocol): The Australasian Paediatric Head Injury Rules Study (APHIRST)
... Background: Head injuries in children are responsible for a large number of emergency department ...intracranial injury in a timely fashion may result in long term neurodisability and ...based head ...
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Epidemiology of Head Injury in Malaysian Children A Hospital Based Study
... Epidemiology of Head injury in Malaysian Children A Hospital Based Study Epidemiology of Head injury in M alaysian Children A Hospitcd~Based Study J Rohana, MD*, L C Ong, MRCP*, A A Abu Hassan, FRCS**[.] ...
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Experience of pediatric head injury in rural hospital
... of injury, severity of head injury [defined as mild (GCS- 13-15) 87 patients, moderate (GCS- 9-12) 31 patients and severe (GCS-3-8)] 6 patients, associated injuries, length of hospital stay (days), ...
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