..., with 7 of those patients found to have skull fractures (5.1%) [ 3 ]. A 2019 case series from Iraq details 29 cases of traumatic brain injuries with skull fractures from metallic ceiling fans, which are reportedly common there and may cause more severe injury than other types of fans [ 7 ]. The purpose...

...Binod Balakrishnan; Heather VanDongen-Trimmer; Irene Kim; Sheila J. Hanson; Liyun Zhang; Pippa M. Simpson; Raquel Farias-Moeller Background: The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), used to classify the severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI), is associated with mortality and functional outcomes. However...

.... critically revised and reviewed the submitted version of the manuscript. References 1. Pinto   PS , Meoded   A , Poretti   A , Tekes   A , Huisman   TA . The unique features of traumatic brain injury in children. review of the characteristics of the pediatric skull and brain...

...Turgut Dolanbay; Hüseyin Fatih Gül; Abdullah Talha Şimşek; Murat Aras Introduction: Accidental head injuries are known to cause serious traumatic brain injury (TBI). Children younger than 2 years of age build a separate group that is more difficult to assess clinically. Investigations targeting...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Decompressive craniectomy Traumatic brain injury Intracranial haemorrhage Leptomeningeal cyst Craniotomy and evacuation of acute intracranial haemorrhage is a life...

...Mohd Faheem; Manish Jaiswal; Bal Krishna Ojha; Anil Chandra; Sunil Kumar Singh; Chhitij Srivastava Background: Extradural hematoma (EDH) is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity after traumatic brain injury in pediatric patients. Early surgical intervention in these patients...

... fragment replacement seems to be an appropriate treatment option for depressed skull fractures. [email protected] 13 09 2018 23 11 2018 23 1 2019 Depressed skull fracture Compound Primary bone fragment replacement Infection Traumatic brain injury Traumatic...

...Daryl C. McHugh; Susan M. Fiore; Nancy Strong; Michael R. Egnor Background: We investigated a novel surgical approach to decompressive craniectomy (DC), the bifrontal biparietal, or “cruciate,” craniectomy, in severe pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). Cruciate DC was designed...

.... Brain injury Craniocervical junction Head trauma Skull base Skull fracture Traumatic brain injury Traumatic diastases of clival synchondroses may occur with clival fractures in pediatric patients. Significant neurovascular injury, morbidity, and mortality are associated with traumatic...

...Mohd Faheem; Manish Jaiswal; Bal Krishna Ojha; Anil Chandra; Sunil Kumar Singh; Chhitij Srivastava; Noor Us Saba Posttraumatic hemorrhagic contusions are a common sequel of traumatic brain injuries. They occur in around 8% of all traumatic brain injuries. Spontaneous resolution of acute subdural...

...Ha Son Nguyen; Sean Lew Background: Equestrian activities can be undertaken for competition or leisure. Accidents can lead to bodily injuries. In particular, traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be devastating. Limited data exist regarding the pediatric population with respect to patterns of injury...

...Aline Lariessy Campos Paiva; Guilherme Brasileiro de Aguiar; Vinicius Riccieri Ferraz; João Luiz Vitorino Araújo; Milton Hikaro Toita; José Carlos Esteves Veiga Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is less common in children than in adults. Posterior fossa lesions are even more uncommon, but, when present...

.... References 1. Smith RL, Lin JC, Adelson PD, Kochanek PM, Fink EL, Wisniewski SR, Bayir H, Tyler-Kabara EC, Clark RS, Brown SD, Bell MJ: Relationship between hyperglycemia and outcome in children with severe traumatic brain injury. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2012;13:85-91. 2. Cochran A, Scaife ER, Hansen KW...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pediatric trauma Penetrating brain injury Traumatic brain injury Low-velocity penetration Rod • Penetrating...

...Evgueni Kouznetsov; Maureen Brennan; Michael Vassilyadi Background: The ability to provide an accurate prognosis for children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) would be useful for the children’s families and the caregivers. In this study we examined whether an appropriate mathematical model can...

... craniectomy as an aggressive means of controlling intracranial pressure is limited to few studies. In the present series, we report our experience with aggressive combination therapy resulting in good outcomes in pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Patients and Methods: Six TBI...

...Hyun Jin Woo; Seong Hyun Park; Sung Kyoo Hwang Paroxysmal sympathetic storm (PSS), or diencephalic seizure, usually appears in patients with severe traumatic brain injury and is characterized by various sympathetic symptoms. The physiological effects of this syndrome are not well studied...

... palsy Traumatic brain injury ^NPeeudrioastruircgery Original Paper Pedialr Ncurosurg 1997;27:40-44 Received: February 24.1997 Accepted after revision: September 17. 1997 Peter C. Gerszten A. Leland Albright Margaret J. Barry Department of Neurosurgery, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University...

... inside small bronchi and bronchioles. These findings were considered not to be in the degree seen usually in drowning. Furthermore, the emergency team at the scene had not noticed any watery contents of the airways during resuscitation measures. Head injury Traumatic brain injury Cerebellar...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Penetrating craniofacial injury Chopstick Traumatic brain injury...