Whats new in emergencies, trauma and shock? Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhages versus traumatic nonsubarachnoid intracranial hemorrhages

Whats New in Emergencies, Trauma and Shock? Computed Tomography Profile and its Utilization in Traumatic Brain Injury

The present study examines the role of computed tomography (CT) scan in patients with traumatic brain injury and discusses the demographic details, injury distribution, intracranial imaging findings, and identifies the risk factors to request a CT scan in patients with suspected traumatic brain injury (TBI).[1] It is beyond doubt that the CT is rapid, widely available, and one of the most valua...

Whats New in Emergencies Trauma and Shock? Age and Trauma: Geriatric Trauma Patients and Geriatric Trauma Ward Services

Spinal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Migrated from Traumatic Intracranial Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Very rarely, spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SSAH) can occur without any direct spinal injury in patients with traumatic intracranial SAH. A-59-year-old male with traumatic intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) presented with pain and numbness in his buttock and thigh two days after trauma. Pain and numbness rapidly worsened and perianal numbness and voiding difficulty began on the next da...

Short Communications Intracranial Hemorrhages Due to Phenylpropanolamine

We describe 2 patients with intracranial hemorrhage after ingestion of diet pills containing phenylpropanolamine (PPA) in combination with caffeine. The first patient had bilateral simultaneous intracerebral hemorrhages, and the second had a subarachnoid hemorrhage. PPA is widely used most often without prescription and causes intracranial hemorrhage more often than has been realized. The mecha...

Retinal Hemorrhages with Abusive Head Trauma

Abusive head trauma (AHT) is perpetrated when an infant or young child is shaken violently, resulting in injuries to various intracranial structures, historically called “shaken baby syndrome”. Retinal hemorrhages are cardinal manifestations of AHT [1,2]. Kivlin et al. [3] reported that retinal hemorrhages were bilateral in 85% of affected children and varied in type and location. We present fu...