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EVALUATION OF PEDIATRIC HEAD INJURIES

The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background:Trauma is a leading cause of death in children older than one year in the world; with head trauma representing 80% or more of the injuries.
Ihssan S. Nema
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Less Is More? The Impact of Trauma Volume on the Positive Rate of Head Computed Tomography Scans in Head Trauma Patients

The Scientific World Journal, 2012
Objective. Few studies have assessed the impact of trauma volume on the operational efficiency of emergency departments. Herein, we evaluate the association between trauma volume with the positive rate of head computed tomography scans in head trauma ...
Chao-Wen Chen, Yun-Ting Lou, Chi-Ming Chu, Hsing-Lin Lin, Wei-Che Lee, Ke-Zong Ma, Yuan-Chia Cheng, Liang-Chi Kuo   +7 more
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THERE IS NO ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AND MORTALITY IN HEAD TRAUMA PATIENTS

Indonesian Journal for Health Sciences, 2019
Head trauma is a major public health problem and is a major cause of mortality worldwide. In the case of head trauma patients, the mortality is determined by using systolic blood pressure as one of the predictors.
Akhmad Renaldi Renaldi, Rismia Agustina, Oski Illiandri   +2 more
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Comparison of minor head trauma management in the emergency departments of a United States and Italian Children’s hospital

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2019
Background Pediatric head trauma management varies between emergency departments globally. Here we aim to compare the pediatric minor head trauma management between a US and Italian hospital.
Brittany M. Stopa, Stefano Amoroso, Luca Ronfani, Elena Neri, Egidio Barbi, Lois K. Lee   +5 more
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Evaluating glial and neuronal blood biomarkers GFAP and UCH-L1 as gradients of brain injury in concussive, subconcussive and non-concussive trauma: a prospective cohort study

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2019
Objectives To evaluate the ability of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase (UCH-L1) to detect concussion in children and adult trauma patients with a normal mental status and assess biomarker concentrations over time ...
Mark R Zonfrillo, Linda Papa, Robert D Welch, Lawrence M Lewis, Carolina F Braga, Ciara N Tan, Neema J Ameli, Marco A Lopez, Crystal A Haeussler, Diego Mendez Giordano, Philip A Giordano, Jose Ramirez, Manoj K Mittal   +12 more
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Penetrating head trauma: 03 rare cases and literature review

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
Penetrating head trauma (PHT) include all open head injuries with foreign object in the brain. Although less common than closed head trauma, penetrating head trauma carry a worse prognosis.
Youssef Fahde, Mehdi Laghmari, Mohamed Skoumi   +2 more
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Head trauma and epilepsy [PDF]

Epilepsia, 2010
SummaryPosttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) is defined as a recurrent seizure disorder due to injury to the brain following head trauma. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for 20% of symptomatic epilepsy in the general population and 5% of all epilepsy. Prevention or suppression of the development of PTE is a major unmet challenge in medicine.
Asla Pitkänen, Tamuna Bolkvadze
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Pediatric abusive head trauma

Biomedical Journal, 2020
Abusive head trauma (AHT), used to be named shaken baby syndrome, is an injury to the skull and intracranial components of a baby or child younger than 5 years due to violent shaking and/or abrupt impact.
Kun-Long Hung
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A Comparative Study of Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Patients With and Without Head Trauma: A Retrospective Cross Sectional Study

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Background: The clinical features of chronic subdural hematomas (CSDHs) in patients with and without a history of head trauma have remained unclear. Here, we investigated differences in clinical characteristics in CSDH patients with and without head ...
Yunwei Ou, Yunwei Ou, Yunwei Ou, Xiaofan Yu, Xiaojuan Liu, Qian Jing, Baiyun Liu, Weiming Liu, Weiming Liu, Weiming Liu   +9 more
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Knowledge and practice of nurses regarding the care of patients with head trauma in intensive care units in the West Bank

Journal of Public Health Research, 2023
Background: Nurses in the intensive care unit are responsible for the continuous assessment and management of physiological parameters associated with head trauma.
Wa’el Shehade, Ahmad Ayed, Lobna Harazneh   +2 more
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