• Dr. Staudenmayer was promoted to Associate Professor of Surgery in 2016, and continues her research, policy and advocacy work to improve the care and outcomes for patients with traumatic injuries and critical surgical illnesses. (stanford.edu)
  • But in cases of severe injury or multiple traumatic injuries, the inflammatory response can overwhelm the body and cause life-threatening conditions such as multiple organ failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome, said orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Benjamin William Sears, first author of the Loyola study. (addictionts.com)
  • Advances in combat casualty care, medical transport, and personal protective equipment led to a greater survivability from wounds, and the US Military Health System subsequently faced a growing number of service members and veterans with injury-related sequelae [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Over half of the injuries (63%) were from projectiles, including gun shot wounds (59%), which tended to be in the older children, whereas animal bites (5) were noted as a predominant cause in the younger ones. (qxmd.com)
  • Gunshot wounds accounted for 73% (n = 341) of all penetrating injuries. (usuhs.edu)
  • Blast injury emerged as a primary source of morbidity among US military personnel during the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and led to an array of adverse health outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To date, there is minimal research on the impact of multimorbidity on long-term patient-reported outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Assessing outcomes objectively is challenging, but the evolution of injury severity scoring systems with sufficient precision and reproducibility now permits trauma centers to compare their processes and outcomes, facilitating identification of best practices that form the foundations of quality improvement programs. (medscape.com)
  • We aimed to describe changes in pediatric firearm injury rates, severity, and outcomes after the coronavirus disease 2019 stay-at-home order in Los Angeles (LA) County. (silverchair.com)
  • Plasma metabolites may help to predict neurological outcomes in neonatal brain injury and enhance current clinical predictors. (nature.com)
  • Current metabolomics research is limited in terms of clinical application and association with long-term outcomes. (nature.com)
  • After adjusting for patient and injury characteristics no significant differences were detected between Black and White children in outcomes after discharge. (aku.edu)
  • Participants Adults admitted to hospital with orthopaedic sport and active recreation injuries and captured by the Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry were recruited from the two Level 1 trauma centres and one regional hospital over a 12-month time period. (bmj.com)
  • To analyze the trends in demographics and outcomes of patients presenting with traumatic brain injury by performing a retrospective database review of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Trauma Registry. (ceemjournal.org)
  • Severe blunt injury to the chest continues to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both young and old trauma victims. (medscape.com)
  • By 1988, the Emergency War Surgery NATO Handbook (second US revision) mentions flail chest only once, without noting treatment recommendations and broaches the concept that the underlying lung injury-not the flail segment itself-is the major determinant of morbidity. (medscape.com)
  • Although many patients with flail chest require intubation, advances in the knowledge of physiology and chest wall mechanics, as well as the potential morbidity of prolonged mechanical ventilation, have reestablished that it is the severity of the underlying lung injury and not the flail segment that causes a problem. (medscape.com)
  • Conclusion: Patients with DM exposed to trauma have greater hospital morbidity resulting from longer intensive care unit stay, increased ventilator support, and more complications. (psu.edu)
  • To demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity 1 month post-injury on subsequent post-injury quality of life (HRQoL) in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation services. (springer.com)
  • Psychological morbidity and HRQoL (EQ-5D-3L) were measured at recruitment and 1, 2, 4 and 12 months post-injury. (springer.com)
  • Multilevel logistic regression explored relationships between psychological morbidity 1 month post-injury and MID in HRQoL over the 12 months after injury. (springer.com)
  • Injuries are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. (springer.com)
  • The aim of this study was therefore to demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity one month post-injury on subsequent quality of life in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation services. (springer.com)
  • Conclusions: Snow sport injuries, particularly snowboarding, cause severe childhood morbidity. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • Pearl, Richard H. / Snow-related recreational injuries in children : Assessment of morbidity and management strategies . (johnshopkins.edu)
  • A major trauma (or polytrauma) is defined as the Injury Severity Score being greater than 15. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of stab wound injuries at a major trauma centre in Singapore and determine if there was a difference in severity between self-inflicted stab wound (SI) injuries and those inflicted by others (IO). (smj.org.sg)
  • The aim of our study was to investigate the epidemiology of stab wound injuries at a major trauma centre in Singapore and determine if there was a difference in severity between SI and IO injuries. (smj.org.sg)
  • In patients with moderate orthopaedic injuries, like different types of fractures in the lower and upper limb, it has been shown that low SOC is associated with an increased risk of having less good clinical and functional outcome [ 18 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The alcohol group had a higher incidence of head injuries (46 (48%) versus 22 (9%)) with a lower incidence of limb injuries (39 (39%) versus 183 (76%)) than the no alcohol group. (bmj.com)
  • The severity of both limb and head injury is greater and correlates directly with blood alcohol concentration. (bmj.com)
  • Endovascular techniques were used least often in limb trauma and most commonly in patients with blunt injuries to more than one region. (usuhs.edu)
  • Conclusions: Pre-hospital rescue times had less impact on mortality than injury severity, age, and penetrating trauma. (lu.se)
  • Because most concussion victims score 14 or 15 on the GCS, its primary utility is in ruling out more serious brain injuries. (momsteam.com)
  • The reason is 'because it does not predict how long it will take an athlete to recover from a concussion. (momsteam.com)
  • While acknowledging that the [Canadian] study 'highlighted a general misinterpretation that an injury described as a concussion is less severe than one described as mTBI,' and that it may result in a premature return to school and activity,' the American Academy of Pediatrics' 2010 clinical report on sports-related concussion in children and teens 3 continues to refer to the injury as concussion. (momsteam.com)
  • My child doesn't have a brain injury, he only has a concussion. (momsteam.com)
  • See Pediatric Concussion and Other Traumatic Brain Injuries , a Critical Images slideshow, to help identify the signs and symptoms of TBI, determine the type and severity of injury, and initiate appropriate treatment. (medscape.com)
  • Mild head injuries (MHI) including concussion were once considered transient alterations of function that resulted in no long-term structural or functional effects. (nih.gov)
  • Sports-Related Concussion Sports activities are a common cause of concussion, a form of mild traumatic brain injury. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In addition, 30.5% of all injury deaths include a diagnosis of TBI [ 1 , 2 ]. (ceemjournal.org)
  • By linking the Illinois Trauma Registry (ITR), the Hospital Discharge database (HD), and the Illinois Workers Compensation Claims database (IWCC -C), researchers gained a better understanding of the relationship between acute injury and long-term impairment and disability. (cdc.gov)
  • It reportedly handles the highest number of trauma patients in Singapore, admitting over 1,000 serious trauma patients yearly (Injury Severity Score [ISS] 9 and above), hence may be considered the busiest trauma and acute care hospital in Singapore. (smj.org.sg)
  • Performance could be further improved by using summary risk prediction scores such as the EUROSCORE II for coronary artery bypass graft surgery or the GRACE risk score for acute coronary syndrome. (who.int)
  • MRLs are derived for acute (1-14 days), intermediate (15-364 days), and chronic (365 days and longer) durations and for the oral and inhalation routes of exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • A total of 1972 US military personnel who sustained a blast-related injury during military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan were identified from clinical records. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The ability to predict survival after trauma is perhaps the most fundamental use of injury severity scoring, Furthermore, injury severity scoring can provide objective correlations with resource utiliziation such as length of stay and costs of treatment, as well as inform clinical decisions regarding management of injuries of specific severity. (medscape.com)
  • However, trauma mortality prediction in individual patients by any scoring system is limited and is in general no better than good clinical judgment. (medscape.com)
  • Injury severity scoring is indispensable in stratifying patients into comparable groups for prospective clinical trials. (medscape.com)
  • The addition of histidine, C6 sugar amine, and betaine to a Sarnat score-based clinical regression model significantly improved model performance (Akaike information criterion and adjusted r 2 ) for Bayley-III cognitive, motor, and language scores. (nature.com)
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the causes, clinical course, and financial impact of snow-related sport injuries in children. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • This model lacked a musculoskeletal injury component, and the study period was short by clinical standards. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Clinical manifestations vary markedly in severity and consequences. (msdmanuals.com)
  • and apply health equity considerations to clinical care, activity management, and reconditioning long COVID patients. (cdc.gov)
  • 5. Have participated in a clinical trial or have received an experimental therapy within 30 days or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is longer, prior to dosing. (who.int)
  • Background: Biochemical and clinical biomarkers correlate with progression rate and disease severity in Parkinson's disease (PD) but are not sufficiently studied in late PD. (lu.se)
  • Clinical scores were obtained at two separate examinations 8.2±2.0 years apart. (lu.se)
  • 0.001), and penetrating injury (p=0.009) remained as independent factors associated with mortality and a trend for shorter on-scene time (p=0.093). (lu.se)
  • Characterization of injury severity is crucial to the scientific study of trauma, yet the actual measurement of injury severity began only 50 years ago. (medscape.com)
  • In emergency cases involving severe injuries or multiple traumas, orthopaedic surgery can boost the inflammatory response. (addictionts.com)
  • As an individual regains consciousness (those with the severest injuries may never do so), a variety of neurologically based symptoms may occur: irritability, aggression and other problems. (brainline.org)
  • While the Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is one of the strongest outcome predictors, the current classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) as 'mild', 'moderate' or 'severe' based on this fails to capture enormous heterogeneity in pathophysiology and treatment response. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aim was to investigate the long time consequences as activity limitations in hand/arm, the general health and cold sensitivity after a replantation or revascularization in the upper extremity and to examine if sense of coherence (SOC) can be an indicator for rehabilitation focus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Replantation and revascularization in the upper extremity after severe hand injury or total or subtotal amputation of fingers or, hand or arm is a well established microsurgical procedure [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Extremity trauma was most common in all three groups, followed by head injuries. (northlandinjurylaw.com)
  • An animal polytrauma model was developed, including trunk and extremity injuries combined with hemorrhagic shock and a prolonged post-traumatic phase. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Injuries with a higher Injury Severity Score (ISS) were more likely to result in temporary disability and higher monetary workers compensation awards. (cdc.gov)
  • Patients with early retirement were significantly older, had a more severe injury, worse disability, quality of life and functional outcome. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as acquired brain injury, head injury, or brain injury, causes substantial disability and mortality. (medscape.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability among the young around the world [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 15), injury patterns and disability at 12-months post-injury. (bmj.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability, with over 1.1 million emergency department visits, 235,000 hospital admissions, and 50,000 deaths occurring annually in the United States alone. (ceemjournal.org)
  • The prevalence of long-term disability due to TBI in the United States is between 3.2 to 5.3 million, with lifetime medical costs in 2010 estimated at $11.5 billion [ 1 , 3 ]. (ceemjournal.org)
  • Engram accounted for four of C.J. Beathard's nine completions in two drives after Lawrence's injury, so the productive tight end figures to remain heavily involved in the Week 14 game plan against the Browns. (cbssports.com)
  • The talented receiver had been playing his best football of the season in recent weeks, but the wind was taken out of Ridley's sails by Trevor Lawrence's fourth-quarter ankle injury. (cbssports.com)
  • Beathard could be looking at a couple of starts for the Jaguars down the stretch depending on the severity of Lawrence's ankle injury. (nbcsports.com)
  • Alternatively,' he notes, 'some patients diagnosed with 'moderate' traumatic brain injury will recover completely within days to weeks. (momsteam.com)
  • however, the Sarnat score is relatively imprecise in discriminating moderate from severe NE. (nature.com)
  • Traumatic Stress Reaction Index was 39.1, indicating a moderate to severe severity of stress. (who.int)
  • The defin- an area of bombardment showed that 54% ing characteristic of a traumatic event is its suffered severe, 34% moderate and 11% capacity to provoke fear, helplessness or mild and doubtful levels of PTSD, with girls horror in response to the threat of injury or more vulnerable [ 8 ]. (who.int)
  • Binge drinking, researchers found, could change the bodyÕs immune system response to orthopaedic injury. (addictionts.com)
  • 1 Asymmetric warfare dominated the battlefield, commonly in the form of improvised explosive devices and other blast weaponry, which placed infantry and combat support personnel at risk of injury. (health.mil)
  • Long-term physical, cognitive, and behavioral impairments are the factors that most commonly limit a patient's reintegration into the community and his/her return to employment. (medscape.com)
  • Injuries are commonly categorized as open or closed. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The Injury Severity Score (ISS) is an established medical score to assess trauma severity. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Noorbhai Maharaj (NM) score was used to assess and grade the quality of reporting RESULTS: Each of the five hospitals has different endoscopic reporting systems. (scielo.org.za)
  • A 15-point test, called the Glasgow Coma Scale, helps a doctor or other emergency medical personnel assess the initial severity of a brain injury by checking a person's ability to follow directions and move their eyes and limbs. (rxwiki.com)
  • Researchers from the University of Illinois - Chicago explored the relationship between hospital records and workers compensation awards for occupational injuries in construction. (cdc.gov)
  • The hospital length of stay was longer in the patients who underwent exploration. (qxmd.com)
  • Although, decisions for individual patients should never be based solely on a statistically derived injury severity score, scoring systems can nonetheless serve to estimate quantitatively the level of acuity of injured patients that are applied to adjustments in hospital outcome assessments. (medscape.com)
  • All 130 reports were graded as NM Grade C. Scores of less than 20 points were seen in 106 reports (82%) and reflected across the different hospitals as follows: RKKH (100%), ADH (97%), KEH (93%), PMMH (56%) and IALCH (55% CONCLUSION: There is no uniform structured endoscopic reporting system within the Durban Metropolitan Hospital complex. (scielo.org.za)
  • We retrospectively reviewed all penetrating injuries at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and identified and categorised all stab wound injuries as SI or IO. (smj.org.sg)
  • Elderly patients were more frequently admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and had significantly longer ICU and hospital stays. (northlandinjurylaw.com)
  • Factors increasing likelihood of this were: male gender, incident at public place compared to home, low energy trauma, absence of pre-hospital physician involvement, stable blood pressure, no major extra cranial injuries, normal pupillary light reflex and severe alcohol intoxication. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Pre-hospital emergency medical service (EMS) protocol mandates transportation of patients requiring neurosurgical and intensive care directly to the designated hospital following injury. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, scoring systems can serve to estimate quantitatively the level of acuity of injured patients that are applied to adjustments in hospital outcome assessments. (medscape.com)
  • Other studies have found that alcohol in trauma patients is associated with longer hospital stays, higher infection rates, higher injury severity scores and an increased mortality rate. (addictionts.com)
  • These patients had higher Injury Severity Scores and longer associated hospital stays, but required less packed red blood cells, and had lower in hospital mortality than those treated with open surgery. (usuhs.edu)
  • To determine how pattern and severity of injury correlates with blood alcohol concentration. (bmj.com)
  • The results of a closed head injury tend to affect broad areas of the individual's functioning, primarily due to the diffuse axonal injury . (brainline.org)
  • Mechanisms of injury were 49% (n = 561) blunt, 41% (n = 464) penetrating, and 1.8% (n = 21) of mixed aetiology. (usuhs.edu)
  • The most common indication for endovascular treatment was blunt noncompressible torso injuries. (usuhs.edu)
  • 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)
  • Special regard in the examination was given to Glasgow coma scale, a precise anatomical description of injuries, results of investigations and treatment were recorded. (bmj.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)
  • An increased incidence of PTSD is associated with physical problems and chronic health conditions after combat-related injury. (health.mil)
  • Trauma scoring also is used for quality assurance by allowing evaluation of trauma care both within and between trauma centers, a contentious and controversial area that is likely to only increase in importance. (medscape.com)
  • Perhaps the most important role for injury severity scoring is in trauma care research. (medscape.com)
  • Methods: Charges, reimbursement, sources of insurance coverage, Injury Severity Scores, and DSH funding for the trauma patient population of an Ohio American College of Surgeons level 1 trauma center were studied from 2012 to 2017. (wright.edu)
  • Methods: Reports of snow-related injuries (skiing, toboganning, snowboarding) occurring in 147 consecutive children (≤16 years of age) admitted from 1991 through 1997 were collected prospectively and assessed retrospectively. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • Many patients who are diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury have diminished brain function, headaches and other symptoms that last for weeks or even months. (momsteam.com)
  • The severity of a TBI may range from "mild," which usually involves a brief change in mental status or consciousness, to "severe," which includes an extended period of unconsciousness or amnesia after the injury. (rxwiki.com)
  • Damage following open head injuries tends to be focal, not diffuse, and the implications for subsequent impairment tend, also, to be focal and limited. (brainline.org)
  • acquired brain injury - the implication of this term is that the individual experienced normal growth and development from conception through birth, until sustaining an insult to the brain at some later time which resulted in impairment of brain function. (brainline.org)
  • Years of potential life lost from unintentional injuries among persons aged 0-19 years-United States, 2000-2009. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Rates of firearm injuries, severity, discharge capacity, and Child Opportunity Index (COI) were compared between the groups. (silverchair.com)
  • Respiratory insufficiency in flail chest is much more likely to be a result of the underlying severity of pulmonary contusion and ventilation perfusion mismatch than the actual structural defect to the chest wall. (medscape.com)
  • Typically, "severity of injury" refers to the degree of brain tissue damage. (brainline.org)
  • 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)
  • 3 This led to a shift in resources towards long-term rehabilitation of wounded service members to ameliorate physical and mental health sequelae. (health.mil)
  • This opinion has changed somewhat in recent years, based on the scientific evidence and popular cases in the media that suggest MHI can result in damage that can, in some cases, lead to long-term cognitive sequelae. (nih.gov)
  • Similarly, this technique can be used retrospectively to identify and control for differences in baseline injury severity between patient populations. (medscape.com)
  • Adding insult to injury: neck exploration for penetrating pediatric neck trauma. (qxmd.com)
  • Pediatric patients with penetrating neck injury were selected and data were collected and analyzed. (qxmd.com)
  • A reduction in EQ-5D compared to retrospectively assessed pre-injury levels of at least 0.074 was taken as the minimal important difference (MID). (springer.com)
  • Engram scored his first touchdown of the season on a 22-yard catch in the second quarter to put the Jaguars ahead 14-7. (cbssports.com)
  • Engram shed the monkey off his back by scoring from 22 yards out in the second quarter, marking his first touchdown of the 2023 season in the process. (nbcsports.com)
  • Penetrating neck injuries are uncommon in children, and management involves mandatory exploration of the neck. (qxmd.com)
  • Out of a total of 19,363 trauma patients over the study period, we identified 39 children with 42 penetrating neck injuries. (qxmd.com)
  • In Singapore, as strict laws are a strong deterrent against armed violence, little is known about the epidemiology of penetrating stab wound injuries. (smj.org.sg)
  • After obtaining exempt status from our institutional review board, we reviewed the TTSH Trauma Registry, a prospectively maintained database, and identified all patients with penetrating injuries who were admitted to TTSH from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2010. (smj.org.sg)
  • Slash injuries were not classified as penetrating. (smj.org.sg)
  • Injury Severity Scores were successively higher in each age group and significantly higher in the elderly. (northlandinjurylaw.com)
  • Although the pattern of injury was similar in all groups (head greater than long bone greater than intraabdominal injuries), mean injury severity scores (ISS) were significantly higher for snowboard injuries. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • BACKGROUND Vascular trauma data have been submitted to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma PROspective Observational Vascular Injury Trial (PROOVIT) database since 2013. (usuhs.edu)
  • The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to compile, analyze, and disseminate workers' compensation data to promote the prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, fatalities, and exposures to hazards within the states and throughout the nation. (cdc.gov)
  • The importance of sports injury prevention in maintaining population physical activity and the need to better understand why patients do not return to pre-injury activity levels is highlighted. (bmj.com)
  • Researchers use multiple independent variables (eg, age, injury severity) to predict the dependent variable (or outcome). (medscape.com)
  • The ability to predict outcome from trauma (ie, mortality) is perhaps the most fundamental use of injury severity scoring, a use that arises from the patient's and the family's desires to know the prognosis. (medscape.com)
  • Losing Andrews hurts QB Lamar Jackson, but he gets the league's best QB-scoring matchup vs. the Chargers in Week 12. (draftsharks.com)
  • Catastrophic injuries that make survival unlikely (e.g. (uci.edu)
  • Structural changes from head injury may be gross or microscopic, depending on the mechanism and forces involved. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A review of stab wound injuries at a tertiary trauma centre in Singapore: are self-inflicted ones less severe? (smj.org.sg)
  • The study confirms our hypothesis that SI injuries tend to be less severe than IO injuries and are more likely to occur at home rather than at a public area. (smj.org.sg)
  • Additionally, we anecdotally observed that self-inflicted stab wound (SI) injuries appeared to be less severe than those inflicted by others (IO). (smj.org.sg)
  • Patients with less severe injuries may have no gross structural damage. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Multicentre cohort study of 16-70-year-olds admitted to 4 UK hospitals following injury. (springer.com)
  • This report describes the prevalence of screening positive for PTSD and the association with injury severity and time since injury among U.S. military personnel injured during combat operations. (health.mil)
  • Surgical seniority influenced the duration of tonsillectomy, with an effect on postoperative pain scores. (bvsalud.org)
  • In regression models, histidine and C6 sugar amine were significantly associated with cognitive, motor, and language and betaine with cognitive and motor Bayley-III composite scores. (nature.com)
  • There are several animal models for trauma and organ failure research, but a model mimicking real polytrauma, including simultaneous organ and musculoskeletal injuries, has not yet been described. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to damage or destruction of brain tissue due to a blow to the head, resulting from an assault, a car crash, a gunshot wound, a fall, or the like. (brainline.org)
  • Review of the literature demonstrated a Finnish study by Honkanen 1 and an American study by Hingson 2 investigating alcohol related falls although there has been more research on the effect of alcohol on general brain injury. (bmj.com)
  • Delayed admission to appropriate care has been shown increase mortality following traumatic brain injury (TBI). (biomedcentral.com)
  • This glossary provides information and definitions of medical terms associated with brain injury and rehabilitation to help you or your family. (brainline.org)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) happens when a sudden trauma causes damage to the brain. (rxwiki.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a form of acquired brain injury that occurs when a sudden trauma causes damage to the brain. (rxwiki.com)
  • Although the age of patients presenting with traumatic brain injury is increasing substantially, the data suggests that overall mortality appears to be decreasing, and this decrease appears to be greater in females than in males. (ceemjournal.org)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a heterogeneous disease with a wide variety of injury mechanisms and tissue pathologies, affecting people at all stages of life. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is physical injury to brain tissue that temporarily or permanently impairs brain function. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long time outcome in hand function, health and quality of life, cold sensitivity and sense of coherence. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The present study described blast-related injury profiles with varying QOL levels that may indicate the need for integrated health services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study compares the pattern and severity of injury in those that have taken alcohol with those who have not. (bmj.com)
  • The study compares pattern and severity of injury with blood alcohol concentration within the alcohol group. (bmj.com)
  • This study analyzes the long-term financial trends, including DSH, of a level I trauma center in Ohio, a state that expanded Medicaid. (wright.edu)
  • A total of 324 patients entered the study and 98% were followed up at 12-months post-injury. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusion: S-NfL levels stratified patients according to their likelihood to reach clinically relevant progression milestones during this long-term observational study. (lu.se)
  • In closed head injury, damage occurs because the person receives a blow to the head that whips the head forward and back or from side to side (as in a car crash), causing the brain to collide at high velocity with the bony skull in which it is housed. (brainline.org)
  • In closed head injury, the rapid movement of the brain can also stretch and injure neuronal axons - the long threadlike arms of nerve cells in the brain that link cells to one another, that link various parts of the brain to each other and that link the brain to the rest of the body. (brainline.org)
  • In sum, after a closed head injury, damage can occur both in specific brain areas (due to bruising and bleeding) and also be found throughout the brain (due to stretched or destroyed axons). (brainline.org)
  • Open head injury, the second type of TBI, occurs when the skull is penetrated, for example by a bullet. (brainline.org)
  • However, such injuries can be as severe as closed head injuries, depending on the destructive path of the bullet or other invasive object within the brain. (brainline.org)
  • Most common injuries involved the extremities or the pelvic girdle followed by the head or neck. (aku.edu)
  • TBI is caused by a blow or other traumatic injury to the head or body. (rxwiki.com)
  • Open head injuries involve penetration of the scalp and skull (and usually the meninges and underlying brain tissue). (msdmanuals.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)
  • These include (but are not limited to) infections of the inner ear, head injury, drug or environmental toxicity, cerebrovascular insults, degenerative changes due to aging or illness, and autoimmune reactions. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, individuals who have sustained head injuries are likely to suffer from problems with balance and dizziness (NIDCD, 1995). (cdc.gov)
  • 11 Individuals who sustained an injury during combat operations after 1 September 2001 are eligible for the WWRP and approached via postal mail and email to provide informed consent to complete biannual assessments for 15 years. (health.mil)
  • A robust body of literature now exists on blast injury, with most research conducted in the last 15 years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since a score of 6 ("unsurvivable") indicates the futility of further medical care in preserving life, this may mean a cessation of further care in triage for a patient with a score of 6 in any category. (wikipedia.org)
  • Field trauma scoring also is used to facilitate rational prehospital triage decisions, thereby minimizing the time from injury occurrence to definitive management. (medscape.com)
  • This finding may be useful in the triage of patients with stab wound injuries. (smj.org.sg)
  • For those with more severe injuries, loss of consciousness (LOC) occurs at the time of trauma, lasting from a few minutes or hours to several weeks or even months. (brainline.org)