Extradural haematoma in a child after an apparently mild head injury.
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Extradural haematoma in a child after an apparently mild head injury.
About one million head injured patients attend accident and emergency departments each yearroughly 10% of all attenders.' Most are fully alert and orientated on presentation with no abnormal neurological signs and their injuries may therefore be classified as mild.2 However, some patients presenting in this way have sustained a skull fracture a major risk factor for extradural haematoma.3 Guide...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.306.6893.1665