Evaluation of protective properties of commercially available medical helmets: are medical helmets protective? - Barrett B, Peterson MJ, Phillips SL, Lloyd J, Cowan L, Friedman Y, Ramaiah P, Neily J, Bulat T.
OBJECTIVES: The aims of the study were to evaluate and to compare protective properties of commercially available medical helmets for a set of standardized head injury risk measures. METHODS: Eleven helmet types were evaluated to represent the vari... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
The association of padded headgear with concussion and injury risk in junior Australian football: a prospective cohort study - Makovec Knight J, Mitra B, McIntosh A, Howard TS, Clifton P, Makdissi M, Rosenfeld JV, Harcourt P, Willmott C.
OBJECTIVES: To assess whether padded headgear was associated with incidence of suspected sports-related concussion, non-sports-related concussion head injury, and injuries to other body regions in junior Australian football. DESIGN: Prospective coh... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Ocular injuries in pediatric patients admitted with abusive head trauma - Weiss R, He CH, Khan S, Parsikia A, Mbekeani JN.
BACKGROUND: Pediatric abusive head trauma (AHT) refers to head injury from intentional blunt force or violent shaking in children aged five years or less. We sought to evaluate the epidemiology of ocular injuries in AHT. METHODS: This retrospectiv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Association of head injury with late-onset epilepsy: results from the atherosclerosis risk in communities cohort - Schneider ALC, Gottesman RF, Krauss GL, Guggar J, Diaz-Arrastia R, Kucharska-Newton A, Huang J, Johnson EL.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Late-onset epilepsy (LOE; i.e., epilepsy starting in later adulthood) is affects a significant number of individuals. Head injury is also a risk factor for acquired epilepsy, but the degree to which prior head injury may contribu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Patterns and impact of traumatic brain injury at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: a retrospective cohort study - Alghamdi FSJ, Alsabbali DM, Qadi YH, Albugami SM, Lary A.
The objectives of this study are to explore the most common causes, patterns, and severities of head traumas, to evaluate the outcomes of traumatic head injury (TBI) patients followed in the clinic, and to calculate the prevalence of admitted ca... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Broncos' Teddy Bridgewater suffers head injury on dive, taken to hospital as precaution
Denver Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was taken off the field on a stretcher and later to the hospital after suffering an apparent head injury Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. #denverbroncos #cincinnatibengals #teddybridgewater (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Contribution of peripheral injuries to the symptom experience of patients with mild traumatic brain injury - Bryant AM, McCrea MA, Nelson LD.
Peripheral injuries are common in patients who experience mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). However, the additive or interactive effects of polytrauma on psychosocial adjustment, functional limitations, and clinical outcomes after head injury remain rela... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Traumatic head injury and the diagnosis of abuse: a cluster analysis - Boos SC, Wang M, Karst WA, Hymel KP.
OBJECTIVES: Data guiding abusive head trauma (AHT) diagnosis rest on case-control studies that have been criticized for circularity. We wished to sort children with neurologic injury using mathematical algorithms, without reference to physicians' diagnoses... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity during traumatic brain injury - Jafari AA, Shah M, Mirmoeeni S, Hassani MS, Nazari S, Fielder T, Godoy DA, Seifi A.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of disability, morbidity, and mortality worldwide. Some of the more common etiologies of TBI include closed head injury, penetrating head injury, or an explosive blast head injury. Neuronal damage i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: TBI Source Type: news
Certain Blood Thinners Can Raise Risk of'Delayed' Bleeding After Head Injury
Title: Certain Blood Thinners Can Raise Risk of ' Delayed ' Bleeding After Head InjuryCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/1/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Heart General)
Source: MedicineNet Heart General - December 1, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Subdural and epidural hematoma occurrence in relation to the head impact site: an autopsy study - Evaggelakos CI, Alexandri M, Tsellou M, Dona A, Spiliopoulou CA, Papadodima SA.
Blunt head injury is a major public health and socioeconomic problem causing death and disability particularly among the young population throughout the world. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate if the impact site is correlated with the subdu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
A case-control study of tackle-based head injury assessment (HIA) risk factors in the National Rugby League - Gardner AJ, Iverson GL, Edwards S, Tucker R.
This study aims to r... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Epidemiology of patients with head injury at a tertiary hospital in Rwanda - Karim N, Mumporeze L, Nsengimana VJP, Gray A, Kearney A, Aluisio AR, Mutabazi Z, Baird J, Clancy CM, Lubetkin D, Uwitonze JE, Nyinaw.usi JDA, Nkeshimana M, Byiringiro JC, Levine AC.
INTRODUCTION: Traumatic injuries disproportionately affect populations in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) where head injuries predominate. The Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) has dramatically improved access to emergency services by rebuilding its ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Discriminating mild traumatic brain injury using sparse dictionary learning of functional network dynamics - Fan L, Xu H, Su J, Qin J, Gao K, Ou M, Peng S, Shen H, Li N.
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is usually caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or penetrating head injury, and carries the risk of inducing cognitive disorders. However, identifying the biomarkers for the diagnosis of mTBI is challenging as evid... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Traumatic brain injury and the fall of the Aztec empire: 500 years of head injury diagnosis - Ramos-Z úñiga R, González-Rios JA, Martin-Monzón I.
BACKGROUND: The Aztec civilization has been one of the most powerful and organized cultures in the pre-Columbian era in America. Its fall was due to many factors, including the incursion of Spanish colonization and its violent transculturation, associated ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news