BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Traumatic brain injuries represent an important cause of death for young people. The main objectives of this work are to correlate brain stem injuries detected at MR imaging with outcome at 6 months in patients with severe TBI, and to determine which MR imaging findings could be related to a worse prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and eight patients with seve...

A new in vivo animal model that produces diffuse brain injuries in sagittal plane rearward rotational acceleration has been developed. In this model, the skull of an anesthetized adult rat is tightly secured to a rotating bar. During trauma, the bar is impacted by a striker that causes the bar and the animal head to rotate rearward; the acceleration phase last 0.4 ms and is followed by a rotati...

o bjective: to describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients with cervical spine injury admitted to rajaee hospital, shiraz, iran. m e thods: this cross-sectional study includes all patients admitted with impression of cervical column injury with or without cervical cord injury from october 2009 to march 2012 to our level i trauma center in shiraz. we recorded the patients’ character...

BACKGROUND Differences among three helmet types and the ineffectiveness of improper helmet use in preventing head injuries are speculated about but are seldom explored with evidence. A case-control study was conducted to examine how different helmet types and improper helmet use affected protection against head injuries among motorcyclists in Taiwan. METHODS Case motorcyclists comprised 435 p...

background: the global status report of the world health organization (who) on road safety suggested that india is leading in road traffi c accidents in the world. according to the report on road accidents in india in 2010 by the transport research wing, ministry of road transport and highways, new delhi, kerala ranked third in accidents per lakh population and second in persons injured per lak...

It is well known by specialists and others that traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the main cause of death in young people under 40 years old and, at the same time, represents the cause of approximately two-thirds of post-traumatic deaths. Data from the World Health Organization show that 11,5 million Europeans who have survived traumatic brain injuries currently present physical disabilities or c...

Tens of thousands of Iranians were killed and more were physically and/or mentally injured in Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). During this war the most extensive use of chemical weapons in recent years by Iraq was reported against Iranian veterans and also Iranian and Iraqi civilians. In this study we aimed at finding probable neuropsychological injuries in victims of chemical weapons comparing other...

Tens of thousands of Iranians were killed and more were physically and/or mentally injured in Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). During this war the most extensive use of chemical weapons in recent years by Iraq was reported against Iranian veterans and also Iranian and Iraqi civilians. In this study we aimed at finding probable neuropsychological injuries in victims of chemical weapons comparing other...

Objective: Early and sufficient nutritional support is vital to improve outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. This study aims to determine the effects of dietitian involvement in the nutritional and clinical outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injuries admitted to the neurosurgical ICU. Materials & Methods: Forty eight male patients with traumatic brain injuries admitted to P...

Brain foreign bodies and penetrating missile injuries of the brain are familiar topics for Iranian physicians, especially after Iran and Iraq war. But it’s not easily plausible that there is a couple of sewing needles in the cranium of a patient who has not any history of head trauma or penetrating injury. The patient was a 42-year-old man who admitted in neurology ward of Mottahari Hospital in...