Elderly pedestrian neurotrauma: A descriptive study from a premier neurotrauma center in India
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Magnitude of pedestrian head injuries & fatalities in Bangalore, south India: A retrospective study from an apex neurotrauma center
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Pedestrians contribute to 30-40 per cent of all road traffic injuries in India. However, there is a paucity of literature on pedestrian head injury as compared to two wheeler trauma. The purpose of the present study was to study the pattern of pedestrian injuries and their outcome with a special focus on head injuries. METHODS The study was conducted in two parts in th...
متن کاملScaling in Blast Neurotrauma
The high incidence of blast exposure on today’s battlefield has been strongly associated with traumatic brain injuries. Anecdotal evidence of prolonged apnea following blast exposure has been observed in military personnel and is commonly reproduced in animal neurotrauma models. Animal models have shown that apnea tolerance is both dose and species-dependent; important factors include primary b...
متن کاملNeurorehabilitation in Neurotrauma Yoko
Since time immemorial, neurotrauma has been recorded in various continents. The advancement in neurotraumatology ever since Denny Brown and Trussell’s landmark experimental study of concussion, has come a long way with major contributions from neuropathology, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, biomedical sciences, public policies, intensive care medicine and last but not the least, genetics. A si...
متن کاملRecent advances in neurotrauma.
The frequency of and outcome from acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) in humans are detailed together with a classification of the principal focal and diffuse pathologies, and their mechanisms in extract laboratory models are outlined. Particular emphasis is given to diffuse axonal injury, which is a major determinant of outcome. Cellular and molecular cascades triggered by injury are described ...
متن کاملNeurotrauma pediatric scales
Cranial traumas have different particularities in infants, toddlers, preschool child, school child and teenagers. The assessment of these cases must be individualized according to age. It is completely different in children that in adults. Trauma scales, very useful in grading the severity and predicting outcome in traumatic brain injury, used in adults must be adapted in children. Children hav...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0976-3147,0976-3155
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.105606