THE following cases have been selected from the files of the Division of Neuropathology in the University of Toronto to illustrate the types of head injury which may cause death from meningitis. The fatal infection of the meninges may occur at the time of the injury, killing the patient within a few days or weeks of the accident, but its onset may be delayed for years after the head injury. Thr...

Two-hundred children with head injury admitted consecutively to paediatric wards in the two main hospitals in Newcastle upon Tyne have been studied. Eight children required neurosurgical operation. There were two deaths. Details of the cause and consequences of the accidents have been analysed and an attempt has been made to identify psychological or physical factors that may predispose to inju...

This book contains the Bertha Memorial Lecture and fifty-three papers selected for presentation at the 11th World Federation of Neurology Meeting held in Salzburg in September 1982. The papers are divided into five sections covering Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Risk Factors, Neuroimaging Techniques, Critical Evaluation of Therapeutic Approaches, Cerebral Perfusion and Metabolism in Rel...

assume he applied to present conditions. It is perhaps reasona head that in air bombing some 10 out of every 100 injuries wdlbehe a ^juries. Of these maybe three will be severe untreata ' f?ur, closed injuries (with no open wound), and three will P bounds of the skull, scalp and brain. It will be noticed that the incidence of closed injuries is placed higher than openl injuri ' *nay be surprisi...

The story begins long before the dawn of recorded history, at the time when man learned to use sticks and stones as weapons. We shall trace the injuries caused by weapons, which became increasingly more deadly from the Stone Age, through the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Greece to modern times. What do we mean by a penetrating wound of the head? There are three kinds of head injury. First,...

A retrospective case note review of head injuries in neonates admitted to the Neonatal Surgical Unit in Glasgow between 1990 and 1996 (n=25) was carried out. Most injuries were caused by a fall (68%) and resulted in scalp haematomata and associated skull fractures in the majority of patients. Three neonates were involved in high speed road traffic accidents, and these infants all had intracrani...

Children with head injuries frequently present to emergency departments. Even though most of these children have minor injuries, head injury is the most common cause of traumatic deaths in pediatric patients. The pediatric GCS and decision rules for obtaining head CT imaging help the provider evaluate head-injured infants and children. The provider must be vigilant to diagnose those who have li...

All horse-related injuries presenting to an Accident Service over a two-year period were investigated. 237 patients presented. The injuries were not considerable in absolute number but were in severity. There was a high morbidity with 22% of all patients requiring admission to hospital, 50% of all admissions because of head injuries. At least seven life-threatening injuries were identified and ...

BACKGROUND Head injuries are the leading cause of death among cyclists, 85 % of which can be prevented by wearing a bicycle helmet. This study aims to estimate the incidence of pediatric bicycle-related injuries in Olmsted County and assess differences in injuries between those wearing helmets vs. not. METHODS Olmsted County, Minnesota residents 5 to 18 years of age with a diagnostic code con...

Several international studies point at the efficacy of bicycle helmets in reducing head injuries. In Sweden, observational studies show that from 1988 to 1996 helmet use increased in all categories of cyclists. The objectives of this study were to analyse the trends of bicycle-related head injuries based on their main diagnosis and external cause of injury by different age groups. Our study are...