12. Observations on Cerebellar Disorder after Blunt Head Injury

Predicting Epilepsy after Blunt Head Injury.

Thalamic nuclei after human blunt head injury.

Paraffin-embedded blocks from the thalamus of 9 control patients, 9 moderately disabled, 12 severely disabled, and 10 vegetative head-injured patients assessed using the Glasgow Outcome Scale and identified from the Department of Neuropathology archive. Neurons, astrocytes, macrophages, and activated microglia were differentiated by Luxol fast blue/cresyl violet, GFAP, CD68, and CR3/43 staining...

Lesions in the cerebral hemispheres after blunt head injury.

Though this paper is limited to lesions in the cerebral hemispheres after non-penetrating head injury, they are unlikely to be confined to the hemispheres, or to the brainstem for that matter. No attempt is made to deal with all the types of lesion which may occur, in particular those due to systemic factors, such. as fat embolism or anoxia and complications such as meningitis or epilepsy, are ...

Prevalence of Intracranial Hemorrhage after Blunt Head Trauma in Patients on Pre-injury Dabigatran

INTRODUCTION Dabigatran etexilate was the first direct-acting oral anticoagulant approved in the United States. The prevalence of intracranial hemorrhage after blunt head trauma in patients on dabigatran is currently unknown, complicating adequate ability to accurately compare the risks and benefits of dabigatran to alternative anticoagulants. We aimed to determine the prevalence of intracrania...

Memory disorder related to coma duration after head injury.

The relationship of memory and intelligence test performances to coma duration was studied in 51 head injured patients who had not been operated on for intracranial haematoma. Memory defect was related to coma duration, and was not secondary to impaired perceptual or conceptual analysis of the material to be remembered.