conclusions urban rtas are one of the most important problems in kashan and aran-bidgol cities, which impose a great economic burden on health system. motorcyclists are the most vulnerable victims and multiple trauma and head injury are seen among them extensively. patients and methods during a retrospective study, data including age, sex, injury type and pattern, outcome, hospital stay and tre...

BACKGROUND In children less than two years old, minor head trauma can result in intracranial injury. No known studies exist that determine the number of children younger than two years old who visit the emergency room (ER) due to minor head injury in Puerto Rico. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of children with minor head trauma and describe related issues. METHODS Information was gat...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate driveway-related injuries in children, identify associated risk factors, and evaluate outcome compared with other mechanisms of blunt trauma. METHODS A 6-year review (1991 to 1996) of pediatric (age less than 18 years) pedestrian injuries treated at two urban trauma centers was conducted: one regional pediatric trauma center and one ...

Our aim was to investigate if seemingly identical head and neck trauma would generate differing types of brain damage. We experimentally evaluated induced brain injuries immediately after trauma exposure, and at 1 week post-injury. Anesthetized rabbits were exposed once to a sagittal rotational acceleration head and neck injury at either a high or a low load level, using either flexion or exten...

Minor head trauma affecting children is a common reason for medical consultation and evaluation. In order to provide evidence on which to base a clinical practice guideline for the American Academy of Pediatrics, we undertook a systematic review of the literature on minor head trauma in children. Methods. Medline and Health databases were searched for articles published between 1966 and 1993 on...

CONTEXT Abusive head trauma (AHT) is a dangerous form of child abuse that can be difficult to diagnose in young children. OBJECTIVES To determine how frequently AHT was previously missed by physicians in a group of abused children with head injuries and to determine factors associated with the unrecognized diagnosis. DESIGN Retrospective chart review of cases of head trauma presenting betwe...

It is well known that head trauma may cause hearing loss, which can be either conductive or sensorineural. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and olfactory dysfunction due to head trauma are also well known. The association between sensorineural hearing loss and anosmia, following head trauma, is extremely rare. Two rare cases of post-traumatic occurrence of hearing loss, olfactory dysfunctio...

T raumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of childhood death and disability worldwide. In the United States, childhood head trauma results in 3000 deaths, 50 000 hospitalisations, and 650 000 emergency department (ED) visits annually. 2 Children with seemingly minor head trauma, defined here by Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores of 14–15, account for 40–59% of those with TBIs, and present a...