The presence of skull fracture has been associated with a higher risk of intracranial sequelae than if a fracture were not present. This is true for the total population of head-injury patients. However, reanalysis of the patient selection criteria data from two large published series on skull imaging in head trauma revealed that this increased risk factor for intracranial sequelae did not appl...

Head injuries with or without fracture ofthe skull feed. Serious intracranial injury is extremely are the commonest cause ofdeath from battering, unlikely. but abdominal injury to the gut or solid organs The force entailed in physical abuse-for can mimic the signs ofhead injury and can lead to example, in swinging the child, in violent death if they are unrecognised. uncontrolled shaking, and i...

• Fear of happiness was examined in depressed patients vs. non-depressed controls. Depressed scored significantly higher on fear happiness. predicted future levels depressive symptoms. The direction this prospective effect differed between the two groups. strongly correlated with other depression-related constructs.

one thing at one time and the next moment he would show signs of vehement resistance; there was no loss of motion or sensation, co-ordination a little defective ; peculiar purposeless movements, mostly of a clonic character, sometimes affecting one side, sometimes both, could be seen in various parts of the body when sitting or lying down. Reflexes normal. Locally the left eyelids were very oed...

INTRODUCTION The rationale for operative treatment of depressed tibial plateau fractures is anatomic reduction, stable fixation and grafting. Grafting options include autogenous bone graft or bone substitutes. METHODS The autograft group included 18 patients with depressed tibial plateau fractures treated with autogenous bone grafting from the ipsilateral femoral condyle following open reduct...

but was unable to pronounce articulate words, his only reply being " Yaam." His right upper limb was completely paralysed, but there were no marks of injury to the limb, or to the neck. No paralysis of the lower extremities or of the left upper limb; 110 injury to the chest or abdomen. Had 110 fever ; his pulse was small and feeble. He had a contused wound, about 1J inches long, * an inch broad...