• It is a type of intracranial hemorrhage that occurs beneath the dura (essentially, a collection of blood over the surface of the brain) and may be associated with other brain injuries (see the images below). (medscape.com)
  • Intracranial hemorrhage was demonstrated in 1390 patients and was the most common finding. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • Subdural hemorrhage Subdural Hemorrhage Subdural hemorrhage (SDH) is bleeding into the space between the dural and arachnoid meningeal layers surrounding the brain. (lecturio.com)
  • Subdural Hemorrhage ) is bleeding into the space between the dural and arachnoid meningeal layers surrounding the brain Brain The part of central nervous system that is contained within the skull (cranium). (lecturio.com)
  • Chronic SDH SDH Subdural hemorrhage (SDH) is bleeding into the space between the dural and arachnoid meningeal layers surrounding the brain. (lecturio.com)
  • This article summarizes the epidemiology and outcomes of AKI in neurocritically ill adults admitted to the ICU, focusing on prevalent ABI conditions like traumatic brain injury (TBI), aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and acute stroke. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Traumatic injuries are the result of the mechanical component of a fall, such as intracerebral hemorrhage and long bone fractures. (reliasmedia.com)
  • Thrombosis also form in cerebral venous, which is termed as cerebral venous thrombosis(CVT), a particular type of cerebrovascular disease, characterized by intracerebral hemorrhage and infarction, associated with increased intracranial pressure due to cerebrospinal fluid absorption and cerebral venous drainage, accounting for 0.5-1% of strokes ( 4 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Restarting Anticoagulant Therapy After Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (cornell.edu)
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Long-Term Stroke Risk After Traumatic Brain Injury. (cornell.edu)
  • Her main interests are in brain hemorrhage, unusual and rare causes of stroke, cerebral venous thrombosis, anticoagulation management after strokes and use of technology for improving outcomes in the neurological ICU. (stanford.edu)
  • Her research focuses on the study of intracerebral hemorrhage using brain imaging with CT and MRI. (stanford.edu)
  • She is the Stanford prinicipal investigator for several clinical trials in intracerebral hemorrhage and large hemispheric infarction. (stanford.edu)
  • I am interested in the study of the radiological characteristics and temporal profile of edema/ tissue injury in the perihematomal area around spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. (stanford.edu)
  • Risk of Ischemic Stroke after Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. (cornell.edu)
  • Head Injuries and Intracranial Hemorrhage Extradural (epidural) hemorrhage is arterial in origin. (gov.gy)
  • Dural border hemorrhage usually follows a hard blow to the head that jerks the brain inside the cranium and injures it. (gov.gy)
  • Intracranial hemorrhage secondary to vasculitis. (drdeepakaiims.com)
  • It is used in ST elevation myocardial infarction, stroke, and in cases of severe venous thromboembolism (massive pulmonary embolism or extensive deep vein thrombosis). (wikipedia.org)
  • Diseases where thrombolysis is used: ST elevation myocardial infarction: Large trials have shown that mortality can be reduced using thrombolysis (particularly fibrinolysis) in treating heart attacks. (wikipedia.org)
  • What is a ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Equivalent? (resus.com.au)
  • Furthermore, invasive intracranial pressure tools are prone to device failure due to baseline drift of the probe in the tissue and breakage of equipment, and the invasive nature of reliable ICP-monitoring equipment makes them unsuitable for usage in settings outside neurosurgical intensive care units. (rsyd.dk)
  • has published a theoretical work, which describes mathematically the association between vessel diameter, intraocular pressure and optic nerve tissue pressure and by that ICPs involvement. (rsyd.dk)
  • It works by stimulating secondary fibrinolysis by plasmin through infusion of analogs of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the protein that normally activates plasmin. (wikipedia.org)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is physical injury to brain tissue that temporarily or permanently impairs brain function. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Open head injuries involve penetration of the scalp and skull (and usually the meninges and underlying brain tissue). (msdmanuals.com)
  • RRT can negatively impact cerebral blood flow, intracranial pressure, and brain tissue oxygenation, with effects tied to specific RRT methods. (beds.ac.uk)
  • The bulk modulus of brain tissue is roughly five to six orders of magnitude larger than the shear modulus so that for a given impact it tends to deform predominantly in shear. (frontiersin.org)
  • In a pioneering work Holbourn (1943) observed shear strain patterns in 2D gel models, and claimed that translation is not injurious, while rotation could explain the majority of traumatic brain injuries due to the nearly incompressible properties of brain tissue. (frontiersin.org)
  • Deprivation of oxygen supply to the brain tissue leads to activation of the ischemic cascade with a series of molecular mechanisms being activated. (amhsr.org)
  • Another approach is to monitor the partial pressure of oxygen in brain tissue (PbtO2), and apply interventions to prevent brain tissue hypoxia and improve neurologic outcome. (umich.edu)
  • Clinical studies demonstrate that brain tissue hypoxia is common, that there is a strong relationship between low PbtO2 and poor outcome, and that timely interventions can reverse brain tissue hypoxia. (umich.edu)
  • The brain swells in response to the inflammation, and the mass may put pressure on delicate brain tissue. (geometry.net)
  • 40-55%) are higher than the mortality rates due to ICU-related myocardial infarction (20%), sepsis without AKI (15-25%), or acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring mechanical ventilation (30-40%) [ 1 ]. (beds.ac.uk)
  • ICP monitoring is considered paramount in diseases like intracranial hemorrhages, traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhages, malignant infarction, cerebral edema and infections of the central nervous system to optimize treatment of secondary brain injuries and thereby improve outcome. (rsyd.dk)
  • Epidural hematoma (EDH) forms about 2-3% of all head injuries in the pediatric population. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • Epidural hematoma (EDH) is a common type of traumatic brain injury in adults but it represents a rare clinical and pathological entity in children. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • 2 , 8 , 14 , 18 , 21 ] Accumulation of blood in the extradural space compressing the brain might lead to brain herniation and/or cerebral infarction with subsequent poor neurological outcome, but in infants, the high compliance of the cranial vault and brain could count against the increased pressure accompanying the EDH. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • Spontaneous intracranial extradural hematomas. (drdeepakaiims.com)
  • Surgery is often needed in patients with more severe injury to place monitors to track and treat intracranial pressure elevation, decompress the brain if intracranial pressure is increased, or remove intracranial hematomas. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Generally, acute subdural hematomas are less than 72 hours old and are hyperdense compared with the brain on computed tomography scans. (medscape.com)
  • Chronic subdural hematomas develop over the course of weeks and are hypodense compared with the brain. (medscape.com)
  • In a large series of patients who developed intracranial hematomas requiring emergent decompression, more than half had lucid intervals and were able to make conversation between the time of their injury and subsequent deterioration. (medscape.com)
  • The term complicated has been applied to subdural hematomas in which a significant injury of the underlying brain has also been identified. (medscape.com)
  • This report describes the role of neuroprotection in acute disorders such as stroke and injuries of the nervous system as well as in chronic diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders because many of the underlying mechanisms of damage to neural tissues are similar in all these conditions and several products are used in more than one disorder. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • In the hyperacute phase of stroke, although changes within the brain parenchyma may be happening at the cellular level, the patient may have been scanned at such an early stage that these changes may not yet be identified on CT. (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • In the early phases of stroke, the main role of a CT head is to exclude an intra- or extra-axial haemorrhage or mass lesion within the brain [3]. (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • Irrespective of the underlying aetiology of a stroke, the end result is the same - brain parenchyma is affected by a process known as cytotoxic cell death. (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • ICP affects intracranial arteries and venules and thereby influences the draining and feeding vessels to the eye, which in turn under higher ICP can cause papilledema by retrobulbar compression. (rsyd.dk)
  • Arteries: Histology (ICAs) secondary to atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis is a common form of arterial disease in which lipid deposition forms a plaque in the blood vessel walls. (lecturio.com)
  • and (2) a secondary injury due to the hypotension and hypoxia generated by the previous lesion, which leads to ischemia and necrosis of neural cells. (bvsalud.org)
  • Subdural hematoma is the most common type of traumatic intracranial mass lesion. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with traumatic brain injury, Down syndrome, and certain types of vascular disease are major patient groups that may or may not be included in these studies. (medilib.ir)
  • Outcome of patients with traumatic head injury in infants: An institutional experience at level 1 trauma center. (drdeepakaiims.com)
  • [ 1 ] The severity of the diffuse parenchymal injury shows a strong inverse correlation with the outcome of the patient. (medscape.com)
  • Incidence and outcome of acute lung injury and acute respiratory misery syndrome in the surgical intensive care unit. (dnahelix.com)
  • Traumatic EDH in young children represents a neurosurgical challenge that needs rapid surgical intervention for the best surgical outcome. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • To the contrary, the use of mannitol in hypotensive patients can affect cerebral perfusion pressures and lead to decreased perfusion which is an independent predictor of worse outcome ( J Trauma 1993 ). (resus.com.au)
  • The Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E) measured at 6 months post injury will be the primary outcome. (umich.edu)
  • In the late 19th century, with the rise of medicine, development of aseptic technique and anesthesia, and establishment of the basic principles of neurologic localization, surgery for intracranial lesions (including SDH) became more common, and survival rates subsequently improved. (medscape.com)
  • Such findings may include the thickness or volume of the hematoma, the degree of midline shift, the presence of associated traumatic intradural lesions, and the compression of the brainstem or basal cisterns. (medscape.com)
  • Gross structural brain lesions and serious neurologic residua are not part of concussion, although temporary disability can result from symptoms (such as nausea, headache, dizziness, memory disturbance, and difficulty concentrating [postconcussion syndrome]), which usually resolve within weeks. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Many of these patients harbor intracranial mass lesions. (medscape.com)
  • [1] , [2] They results in lesions or functional damage of the scalp, the cranial bones, the meninges, and the brain itself. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • Hence, space-occupying lesions, such as tumors in the supratentorial compartment, produce increased intracranial pressure, and may cause part of the adjacent temporal lobe of the brain to herniate through the tentorial notch. (gov.gy)
  • In the first few days after the injury, maintaining adequate brain perfusion and oxygenation and preventing complications of altered sensorium are important. (msdmanuals.com)
  • it is the secondary injury from brain edema, increased intracranial pressure , and poor cerebral perfusion that perpetuates itself if untreated. (medscape.com)
  • Does this increase cerebral perfusion pressure? (resus.com.au)
  • There has been significant discussion about the use of vasopressors to increase Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP). (resus.com.au)
  • See also Subdural Hematoma , Emergent Management of Subdural Hematoma , Imaging in Subdural Hematoma , Closed Head Trauma , Head Injury , and Forensic Autopsy of Blunt Force Trauma . (medscape.com)
  • Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) postoperatively indicates a poor prognosis and may indicate the severity of the underlying brain injury (eg, trauma or secondary infarction). (medscape.com)
  • Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative brain disorder that may occur after repetitive head trauma or blast injuries. (msdmanuals.com)
  • [1] , [2] The 2010 report of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centre for Injury Prevention and Control, USA, documented that an estimated 1.7 million people receive medical treatment for head trauma every year in the United States alone with high morbidity and mortality recorded. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • The most common mechanism triggering the bleeding event is trauma (e.g., closed head injury) causing a tearing injury to the extracerebral "bridging" veins. (lecturio.com)
  • Head injuries can be classified as open (penetrating) or closed (blunt), and primary (from the initial trauma) or secondary (indirect brain injury), and range from mild to severe and life-threatening. (lecturio.com)
  • The inclusion criteria for this retrospective study were as follows: (1) ASDH caused by trauma, (2) ASDH located on the supratentorial region of the brain, (3) emergency DC performed immediately after admission, and (4) age between 18 and 80 years old. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the context of neurocritical care, AKI diagnosis holds significance for acute brain injury (ABI) management. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Patients with less severe injuries may have no gross structural damage. (msdmanuals.com)
  • They typically involve bullets or sharp objects, but a skull fracture with overlying laceration due to severe blunt force is also considered an open injury. (msdmanuals.com)
  • which results in severe brain dysfunction. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Subdural hematoma occurs not only in patients with severe head injury but also in patients with less severe head injuries, particularly those who are elderly or who are receiving anticoagulants. (medscape.com)
  • Of the 3.5 million Americans who sustain a TBI every year, approximately 27,000 experience prolonged traumatic coma, the most severe form of TBI. (umich.edu)
  • ICU management of severe TBI focuses on monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP), but data from recently conducted randomized clinical trials indicate that this approach is overly simplistic. (umich.edu)
  • BOOST-3 will enroll patients with severe TBI requiring placement of ICP monitors within 6 hours of injury. (umich.edu)
  • Preclinical and clinical investigations (discussed below) strongly indicate that HBO2 is physiologically active in reducing brain injury and improving outcomes in severe TBI. (umich.edu)
  • The threshold value for intracranial hypertension varies not only throughout the literature but also in clinical practice. (rsyd.dk)
  • Therefore, rapid and early infusion of large volumes of crystalloids is performed in clinical practice to restore blood volume and blood pressure. (bvsalud.org)
  • We evaluated clinical data and risk factors for postoperative infarction in children younger than 2 years presented with traumatic EDH. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • This information is urgently needed in clinical work to estimate the incidence of intraoperative acute diffuse brain swelling based on preoperative clinical and imaging data, and this information can help neurosurgeons accurately determine the surgical risk and to provide reasonable suggestions to patients' families. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In fact, current guidelines will only recommend its use in normotensive, euvolaemic patients with clinical signs of raised intracranial pressure. (resus.com.au)
  • Clinical dementia is a fairly broad-based decline of brain function, and most definitions center on the patient's intellectual decline and memory dysfunction. (medscape.com)
  • Furthermore, the intracranial hypertension treatment trial (2015) reported a decreasing retinal A/V-ratio in correlation with the severity of papilledema, which suggests an association between prolonged increased ICP and A/V-ratio. (rsyd.dk)
  • Did early studies of human traumatic brain injury overlook concomitant oligodendrocyte pathology in injured white matter tracts? (lu.se)
  • Brain Pathology. (lu.se)
  • 3-5 When treating a patient who has fallen, the emergency medicine physician should identify traumatic injuries, evaluate for medical pathology contributing to the fall, as well as manage the patient. (reliasmedia.com)
  • An increased risk of intraoperative acute diffuse brain swelling occurs in patients with bilaterally dilated pupils, subarachnoid haemorrhage and a shorter time from injury to surgery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In Brain Haemorrhage. (drdeepakaiims.com)
  • In 1840, the French author Balzac described a case of chronic SDH, including its traumatic origin and surgical treatment. (medscape.com)
  • CARDIAC sequelae after neurologic injury are a well-described phenomenon. (silverchair.com)
  • 3,4 We present two cases of overt cardiac failure after isolated neurologic injury in two previously healthy patients. (silverchair.com)
  • We retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the data of 28 children with traumatic EDH operated in our institute during a period of 26 months (from December 2016 to Febuary 2019). (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • We retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the collected data of 28 children under the age of 2 years with traumatic acute EDH who were surgically treated in our institute during a period of 26 months (from December 2016 to February 2019). (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • In the United States and Europe, the incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is 500/100,000 and more than 200/100,000 patients are admitted due to TBI related incidence in Europe. (rsyd.dk)
  • 10 ] EDH forms about 2-3% of all head injuries in the pediatric population and the incidence of EDH is even less encountered among infants under the age of 12 months. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • In the developing nations, including Nigeria, head injury is on the increase due to increasing incidence of road traffic accidents. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • The incidence of intraoperative acute diffuse brain swelling in patients with isolated traumatic ASDH was 21.88% (56/256). (biomedcentral.com)
  • It was also clearly illustrated that the radial impact causes substantially higher stresses in the skull with an associated higher risk of skull fractures, and traumatic brain injuries secondary to those. (frontiersin.org)
  • In reality, pure radial impacts are very rare and would mainly cause skull fractures and injuries secondary to those. (frontiersin.org)
  • Maximum principal strain (Green-Lagrange) at maximum for the brain are illustrated together with the maximum von Mises stress for the skull bone. (frontiersin.org)
  • Other secondary outcomes include functional, cognitive and behavioral assessments at 6 months, safety, survival to discharge, shortened time to follow commands, and reduction of total brain hypoxia exposure. (umich.edu)
  • Neuroendoscopy-a minimally invasive alternative in the surgical management of traumatic intracerebral contusions? (lu.se)
  • Exclusion criteria were: (1) children older than 2 years, (2) coexistent subdural hematoma, brain contusions, or lacerations, (3) patients operated outside our institute. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • Initial treatment consists of ensuring a reliable airway and maintaining adequate ventilation, oxygenation, and blood pressure. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The study is an observational, prospective and single-blinded proof-of-concept study of patients from a neurosurgical department investigated for suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) or ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt dysfunction. (rsyd.dk)
  • This retrospective study was performed on 256 patients who underwent surgery after being diagnosed with isolated traumatic ASDH at our neurosurgical department between April 2013 and December 2020. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These findings should help neurosurgeons obtain information before surgery about intraoperative acute diffuse brain swelling in patients with isolated traumatic ASDH. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Acute diffuse brain swelling is one of the leading causes of intraoperative acute encephalocele, and it also has the highest mortality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Neurosurgeons can manage remote intracranial haematomas by contralateral craniotomy but are often struggle to manage diffuse brain swelling due to a lack of an effective treatment method. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Acute diffuse brain swelling during DC is often accompanied by an acute drop in blood pressure, and the mortality is very high. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Structural changes from head injury may be gross or microscopic, depending on the mechanism and forces involved. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Neurovascular coupling is a precise mechanism that induces increased blood flow to activated brain regions, thereby providing oxygen and glucose. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This high mortality rate is attributed to the systemic impact of AKI on the brain, heart, lungs, liver, and gastrointestinal tract, linking AKI to various syndromes (Additional file 1 ) [ 2 ]. (beds.ac.uk)
  • We specified inclusion and exclusion criteria for patients to be encountered in this study, the inclusion criteria were: (1) pediatric age group ≤2 years, (2) computed tomography (CT) brain without contrast showing evidence of traumatic EDH, and (3) EDH managed with craniotomy in our department. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • METHODS: A low-pressure and low-oxygen tank mimicking high-altitude conditions was used to establish the high-altitude cerebral oedema animal model. (bvsalud.org)
  • In hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), the subject is placed in a chamber containing 100% oxygen gas at a pressure of more than one atmosphere absolute. (mdpi.com)
  • Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a clinico-radiological syndrome of elderly individuals likely sustained by different neurodegenerative changes as copathologies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A subdural hematoma (SDH) is a collection of blood below the inner layer of the dura but external to the brain and arachnoid membrane (see the images below). (medscape.com)
  • Acute subdural hematoma is commonly associated with extensive primary brain injury. (medscape.com)
  • In recognition of this fact, a subdural hematoma that is not associated with an underlying brain injury is sometimes termed a simple or pure subdural hematoma. (medscape.com)
  • Acute subdural hematoma is the most common type of traumatic intracranial hematoma, occurring in 24% of patients who present comatose. (medscape.com)
  • Delay in the time of surgery for more than 6 h, large hematoma volume >100 ml 3 , MLS >10 mm, and basal cisterns compression will push the intracranial pressure to the point of decompensation and the resultant ischemic sequel occurs. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • [6] Head injury is commonly seen in adults and shows a bimodal peak: First peak occurs between 15 and 24 years and the second peak in people above 50 years. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • Computed tomography (CT) is the imaging modality of choice in acute traumatic head injury evaluation and provides an excellent guide to the care of the head injured patient. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • Approximately 20% of patients with acute brain injury (ABI) also experience acute kidney injury (AKI), which worsens their outcomes. (beds.ac.uk)
  • While this immune response can protect the brain by isolating the infection, it can also do more harm than good. (geometry.net)
  • A localized cavity filled with pus secondary to a bacterial infection. (geometry.net)
  • Data collected included: age, gender, blood pressure at time of data collection, past medical history, medication, smoking and indication for ICP monitoring. (rsyd.dk)
  • or diastolic blood pressure >110mmHg on repeated measures prior to study (if reversed, patient can be treated). (wikipedia.org)
  • His pulse rate is 140bpm and his blood pressure is 95mmHg systolic. (resus.com.au)
  • Upon arrival at the hospital, blood pressure BP was 110-150/75-110 mmHg, and heart rate was 120-150 beats/min. (silverchair.com)
  • Tailored approaches include optimizing blood pressure, managing intracranial pressure, adjusting medication dosages, and assessing the type of administered fluids. (beds.ac.uk)
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  • Rollercoaster Blood Pressure: An Alzheimer Disease Risk Factor? (cornell.edu)
  • BACKGROUND: Measuring blood pressure (BP) requires an appropriate BP cuff size given measured mid-arm circumference (mid-AC). (cdc.gov)
  • Elderly patients have greater injury severity scores than younger patients with comparable mechanisms of injury. (reliasmedia.com)
  • Higher injury severity scores are largely due to association with the comorbid medical conditions of COPD, ischemic heart disease, diabetes, cirrhosis, and coagulopathies. (reliasmedia.com)
  • Closed head injuries typically occur when the head is struck, strikes an object, or is shaken violently, causing rapid brain acceleration and deceleration. (msdmanuals.com)
  • However, approximately 50% of patients with head injuries who require emergency neurosurgery present with head injuries that are classified as moderate or mild ( Glasgow Coma Scale scores 9-13 and 14-15, respectively). (medscape.com)
  • See Treatment, as well as the Medscape Reference article Head Injury . (medscape.com)
  • This type of head injury also is strongly associated with delayed brain damage, later demonstrated on CT scan. (medscape.com)
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the computed tomographic pattern of head injury over a decade. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • All patients with head injury referred to the Radiology Department for cranial CT investigation between January 2003 and December 2012 were recruited into the study. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • RTC was the most common etiologic factor accounting for 1,318 head injury cases. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • RTC remains the leading cause of head injury but now occurring at an increasing and alarming rate. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • [3] Head injury from traumatic events is documented as one of the most common reasons for medical consultations and accounts for about 30% of all injury-related death in the USA. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • [7] Head injury is twice more common in males than in females. (afrjtrauma.com)
  • There is significant effect on autoregulation in head injury. (resus.com.au)
  • At present, there is no significant evidence for the use of vasopressors in acute head injury. (resus.com.au)
  • The primary verification tool in the design process is the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) applied in a free motion head-form experimental set-up, where a rigid dummy head is launched toward specific locations ( National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1995 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • In Textbook of head Injury. (drdeepakaiims.com)
  • Minor head injury. (drdeepakaiims.com)
  • Mahapatra AK, Agrawal D . Advances in head injury management. (drdeepakaiims.com)
  • Mahapatra AK , Agrawal D . Biomechanics of head injury. (drdeepakaiims.com)
  • Chhabra G, Rangarajan K, Subramanian A, Agrawal D. White Blood Cells in Head Injury. (drdeepakaiims.com)
  • Acute subdural haematoma (ASDH) is a common and serious injury in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Injury statistics have found the most common accident situation to be an oblique impact. (frontiersin.org)
  • The aim of this article is to illustrate common pathological findings involving the brain encountered in every day practice. (southsudanmedicaljournal.com)
  • Mechanistically, SHED treatment can protect brain cells from apoptosis induced by high altitude condition. (bvsalud.org)
  • Iatrogenic causes include intracranial surgeries (especially transsphenoidal) and radiation treatment. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Beneficial effects of the "open lung approach" with low distending pressures in acute respiratory distress syndrome. (aaukr.org)