The Ame''ican Journal 0/ Occupational Therapr H ead injuries, particularly as a result of motor vehicle aCCidents, have become a national epidemic. The National Head Injury Foundation (1986) estimated that 100,000 people die annually from head injuries and more than 700,000 have injuries severe enough to require hospitalization, From a medical, SOCial, and economic standpoint, head injuries pla...

Posterior fracture-dislocations often remain undiagnosed at initial medical attendance. In dislocation, the head of humerus extends beyond glenoid to form a zone impaction, which “fixes” it. The injury is almost unidentifiable in standard frontal X-ray images. Meanwhile, continued fixation state posterior dislocation leads rapid progression traumatic impaction over up 50% articular surface area...

there are only a few, non-evidence based, neuroprotective strategies for treatment and prevention of brain injuries after closed head trauma. to establish new therapy strategies, a novel animal model is needed. the aim of our investigation was to link standardized small animal models and actual patient medical care. data of experimental small animal studies often cannot be transferred to cns in...

146 cases of traffic multiple trauma associated with head injuries were studied. There was a significant difference in the ratio of associated injuries in various parts of the body. The three most encountered parts were chest, shoulder and leg. Death were mainly due to severe head injury, chest injury and shock. Atypical ushing syndrome was due to severe blood loss, even intracranial hypertensi...

BACKGROUND: Recent prospective controlled trials of induced moderate hypothermia (32-34 degrees C) for relatively short periods (24-48 h) in patients with severe head injury have suggested improvement in intracranial pressure control and outcome. It is possible that increased benefit might be achieved if hypothermia was maintained for more periods longer than 48 h, but there is little in the li...

EACH YEAR, PHYSICIANS IN CANAdian and US emergency departments (EDs) treat more than 8 million patients with head injury, representing approximately 6.7% of the 120 million total ED visits. Although some of these patients have sustained moderate or severe head injury leading to death or serious morbidity, the vast majority of patients are classified as having minimal or minor head injury. Patie...

Reports in the literature have suggested that the neuropsychological effects of mild head injury are selective, represented by impairment of attention, information processing, and memory, and that evaluations with comprehensive and standard test batteries are likely to miss such deficits. The present study compared groups of individuals with mild head injuries, more severe head injuries, and no...

PURPOSE To assess the prevalence of MR evidence for diffuse axonal injury at 1.5 T in patients with normal head CT findings after mild head injury. METHODS Twenty consecutive patients with mild head injury (Glasgow Coma Scale, 13 to 15; no subsequent deterioration, loss of consciousness < 20 minutes) and normal head CT findings were examined with MR at 1.5 T. Pulse sequences included a conven...

hypothermia on brain tissue oxygenation in patients with severe head injury. Br J Anaesth 2002; 88: 188±92 2 Zhang S, Zhi D, Lin X, Shang Y, Niu Y. Effect of mild hypothermia on partial pressure of oxygen in brain tissue and brain temperature in patients with severe head injury. Chin J Traumatol 2002; 5: 43±5 3 Tasker RC, Sahota SK, Williams SR. Hypercarbia and mild hypothermia, only when not c...