The Sequelae of Head Injuries* By DIANA BECK FROM THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON
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THE DIAGNOSIS AND treatment of head injuries is directed not only to the immediate manifestations of injury but also towards the prevention of sequelae. It is true that the majority of patients ultimately make a complete recovery, although this is often at the cost of prolonged morbidity and occasionally of partial or complete incapacity. About 35,000 individuals are admitted to hospital in the United Kingdom each year on account of head injuries; 75 per cent result from road accidents, the rest from accidents at work, at home or at play. Consequently cases of brain injury, for that is, as has already been stressed, the important aspect of these cases, are widely dispersed. We, who are charged with the privilege of teaching, have only ourselves to blame if there are doctors less aware than they should be of the diagnosis and management of acute brain injuries and of the recognition of complications needing surgical intervention.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005