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CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 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.
Julian E. Bailes, Cesar V. Borlongan
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Forensic and clinical diagnosis in shaken baby syndrome , between child abuse and iatrogenic abuse [PDF]
, 2017 “Shaken baby syndrome” in child abuse cases is a challenge for pediatrician and forensic experts, often a diagnosis of exclusion, with overwhelming moral and legal implications.
Apostol, Irina +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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Sports-related brain injury in the general population: An epidemiological study [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives To determine the incidence, nature and severity of all sports-related brain injuries in the general population. Design Population-based epidemiological incidence study.
Dowell, Tony +6 more
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A retrospective autopsy-based survey of fatal traumatic brain injuries in Benin City, Nigeria
Ibom Medical Journal, 2023 Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is major cause of death in young adults. It results from external force to the head causing injury to the contents of the skull with or without damage to the skull itself.
Udoh MO, Ugiagbe EE
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Brain-lung interaction: a vicious cycle in traumatic brain injury [PDF]
Acute and Critical Care, 2022 The brain-lung interaction can seriously affect patients with traumatic brain injury, triggering a vicious cycle that worsens patient prognosis. Although the mechanisms of the interaction are not fully elucidated, several hypotheses, notably the “blast ...
Ariana Alejandra Chacón-Aponte +7 more
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Detection of blast-related traumatic brain injury in U.S. military personnel [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Blast-related traumatic brain injuries have been common in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but fundamental questions about the nature of these injuries remain unanswered.
Brody, David L +11 more
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Postconcussion Syndrome / Disorder or Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: diagnostic issues and treatment
Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 2015 Traumatic brain injury at the milder end of the spectrum is far more common than the moderate-severe spectrum. Mild traumatic injury (mTBI) accounts for approximately 80% of traumatic brain injuries [1].
Daniel Freedland
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Complex forensic medical evaluation of the traumatic brain injury: case of practice
Ukrainian Scientific Medical Youth Journal, 2021 The problem of studying the mechanisms of the occurrence of traumatic brain injury remains a very urgent issue for forensic medicine. The high incidence and high mortality rate of head injuries underlines its importance to experts. The article presents a
Svіtlana Diachenko +3 more
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Neurological consequences of traumatic brain injuries in sports. [PDF]
, 2015 Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common in boxing and other contact sports. The long term irreversible and progressive aftermath of TBI in boxers depicted as punch drunk syndrome was described almost a century ago and is now widely referred as chronic ...
Hardy, J, Ling, H, Zetterberg, H
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