Dexamethasone and the Serious Head Injury

Assessment of recovery from serious head injury.

A procedure for serial assessment of neuropsychological recovery after serious head injury was designed. The assessment procedure consists of four segments, each appropriate for different phases of the recovery process. Recovery can be traced from early in the period of post-traumatic amnesia until it reaches an asymptote. The course of recovery of several patients has been observed. The proced...

Numerical grading of clinical neurological status after serious head injury.

A scheme to quantitate the clinical neurological status of the seriously head-injured patient has been devised. The neurological parameters used to quantify the degree of injury are based on neurological functions which have previously been accepted as indicators of the severity of the head injury. A numerical value is assigned to each parameter with emphasis on defining the level of consciousn...

Serious head injury in infants: accident or abuse?

The medical records and computed tomography (CT) scans of all children less than 1 year of age admitted to the hospital with head injury over a 2-year period were reviewed. Sixty-four percent of all head injuries, excluding uncomplicated skull fracture, and 95% of serious intracranial injuries were the result of child abuse. The occurrence of intracranial injury in infants, in the absence of a ...

Head injury patterns in helmeted and non-helmeted cyclists admitted to a London Major Trauma Centre with serious head injury

BACKGROUND Cycle use across London and the UK has increased considerably over the last 10 years. With this there has been an increased interest in cycle safety and injury prevention. Head injuries are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in cyclists. This study aimed to ascertain the frequency of different head injury types in cyclists and whether wearing a bicycle helmet affords prote...

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