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Medical Clinics of North America, 2020 A head trauma is any injury that results in trauma to the skull, scalp, or brain. Every patient with a suspected head trauma should initially undergo a focused neurological examination which consists of the Glasgow Coma Scale Score (GCS), plus pupillary reactivity, that classifies the traumatic brain injury (TBI) as mild, moderate, or severe.
Mónica Verduzco-Gutierrez
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Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2002 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious health issue in the United States, killing 100,000 people a year and serving as a source of long-term disability for many more. It is the leading cause of death in patients under the age of 45 years. Successful management of TBI requires first an appreciation that a significant part of the neuronal injury ...
Kama, Guluma, Brian, Zink
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2011 Abstract There is an increasing incidence of military traumatic brain injury (TBI), and similar injuries are seen in civilians in war zones or terrorist incidents. Indeed, blast-induced mild TBI has been referred to as the signature injury of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jane E, Risdall, David K, Menon
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One Health & Risk Management, 2023 Introduction. Traumatic brain injuries are a significant public health issue in both developed and developing countries. In Georgia, traumatic brain injuries remain one of the leading causes of mortality and disability.
Nino CHIKHLADZE +3 more
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Visualizing traumatic brain injuries
eLife, 2021 Zebrafish larvae models can be used to study the link between seizures and the neurodegeneration that follows brain trauma.
Marc Ekker
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Neurology, 2010 In the article “A Prospective Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury” ( Neurology ® 2010;74:643–650), Andrew Mayer and colleagues studied the effects of mild brain injury using a special kind of magnetic resonance image (MRI). The new MRI sequence is called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).
Emily, Gilmore, Steven, Karceski
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Traumatic brain injuries [PDF]
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are clinically grouped by severity: mild, moderate and severe. Mild TBI (the least severe form) is synonymous with concussion and is typically caused by blunt non-penetrating head trauma. The trauma causes stretching and tearing of axons, which leads to diffuse axonal injury - the best-studied pathogenetic mechanism of ...
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The epidemiology of traumatic brain injuries in northeastern Iran [PDF]
Payesh, 2023 Objective(s): Traumatic brain injuries are one of the most important causes of deaths and disabilities worldwide. This study was an epidemiological investigation of traumatic brain injuries in northeastern Iran.
Bahareh Payvar +4 more
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Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020 Objective: To examine the effect of motion-controlled commercial video games compared with traditional occupational and physiotherapy methods for hand and arm function in persons of all ages with cerebral palsy.
Truls Johansen +3 more
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Beyond symptomatic diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury
Concussion, 2023 Plain language summary It is commonly assumed that there is no brain injury if there are no noticeable symptoms following a head impact. There is growing evidence that traumatic brain injuries can occur with no outward symptoms and that the damage from ...
Alice Lux Fawzi, Christian Franck
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