Clinical outcomes of anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation after falls or head injury: insights from RE-LY - Caldeira D, Alves da Silva P, Pinto FJ.
BACKGROUND: Falls are always a concern regarding the balance of risk/benefit in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with anticoagulants. In this analysis, we aimed to evaluate the outcomes of patients that had a fall/head injury reported in the RE-LY... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Neuroendocrine disruptions following head injury - Wexler TL.
This article reviews hypopituitarism after TBI, the importance of pituitary hormones, and related controversies, concluding with a suggested patient approach. RECENT FINDINGS: While earlier studies focused on increased pituitary deficien... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Childhood head injury as an acquired neuropsychological risk factor for adolescent delinquency - Mongilio J.
This study aims to parse out the effects of childhood head injury (HI) as an acquired neuropsychological deficit that impacts adolescent delinquent behavior, while accounting for other early-life risk factors and potential temporal ordering. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Evaluating the intracranial pressure biofidelity and response repeatability of a physical head-brain physical model in frontal impacts - Li Y, Vakiel P, Adanty K, Ouellet S, Vette AH, Raboud D, Dennison CR.
This study aimed to evaluate the bio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Health-related quality of life and functional status following intensive neurorehabilitation in a patient after severe head injury with spinal epidural hematoma: a case report - Gnus J, Druszcz A, Mi ś M, Ślósarz L.
Spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is a very rare condition associated with trauma or occurring as a complication of lumbar puncture and can appear spontaneously. It manifests with acute pain and neurological deficits, leading to severe and permanent complicat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Stroke in toddler after minor head injury: an emerging diagnostic challenge - Miyamoto K, Takayasu H, Maeda A, Sasaki J, Hayashi M.
The diagnosis of ischemic stroke in toddlers in ED is a challenge due to non-specific neurological symptoms and difficulties in conducting a detailed neurological examination in toddlers. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) requires patient sedation and the c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Calculated decisions: CATCH (Canadian Assessment of Tomography for Childhood Head injury) Rule - Fleisher D.
A review of the uses and evidence for the CATCH Rule, which predicts clinically significant head injuries in children.
Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Head injury of two-wheeler cyclist based on fluid-solid coupling head model - Yang N, Liu T, Wang J, Li Z, Li W, Liu Y.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the main cause of driver death in electric two-wheeler accidents in China. Traumatic brain injury not only brings great threat to people's life safety, but also causes great economic losses in the process of national economi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Outcome of head injury in motorbike riders - Ahmad S, Rehman L, Afzal A, Javeed F.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of helmet wearing on traumatic brain injury. METHODS: We analyzed 400 cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in motorbike riders with and without helmet, from July 2017 to December 2020 presenting to the neurosurge... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Correlations of intracranial pathology and cause of head injury with retinal hemorrhage in infants and toddlers: a multicenter, retrospective study by the J-HITs (Japanese Head injury of Infants and Toddlers study) group - Kato M, Nonaka M, Akutsu N, Narisawa A, Harada A, Park YS.
INTRODUCTION: In infants who have suffered head trauma there are two possible explanations for retinal hemorrhage (RH): direct vitreous shaking and occurrence in association with intracranial lesions. Which possibility is more plausible was examined. MATER... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Prognostic value of CRASH and IMPACT models for predicting mortality and unfavorable outcome in traumatic brain injury; a systematic review and meta-analysis - Zarei H, Vazirizadeh-Mahabadi M, Adel Ramawad H, Sarveazad A, Yousefifard M.
INTRODUCTION: The Corticosteroid Randomization After Significant Head injury (CRASH) and the International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials (IMPACT) are two prognostic models frequently used in predicting the outcome of patients with t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
A review of cyclist head injury, impact characteristics and the implications for helmet assessment methods - Baker CE, Yu X, Patel S, Ghajari M.
Head injuries are common for cyclists involved in collisions. Such collision scenarios result in a range of injuries, with different head impact speeds, angles, locations, or surfaces. A clear understanding of these collision characteristics is vital to de... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Transorbital penetrating head injury by a wooden chopstick in the cavernous sinus: a case report and literature review - Yamazaki D, Ogihara N, Yako T, Fujii Y, Hanaoka Y, Kurokawa T, Horiuchi T.
Penetrating head injury is a relatively rare condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. Although the immediate treatment of penetrating head injury is needed, surgical strategies are varied based on the trajectory of the penetrating objects in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Def Leppard Drummer Suffers Head Injury in Florida Assault
Rick Allen, Def Leppard’s drummer, was assaulted outside his hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Thursday night, authorities say. Allen, who lost his arm in a car accident in 1984, was outside the Four Seasons when he was attacked by 19-year-old Max Edward Hartley of Ohio, according to a police…#rickallen #fortlauderdale #florida #maxedwardhartley #ohio #fortlauderdalepolice #hartley #allens #browardcounty #defleppard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Studying Trends of Auto-Regulation in Severe Head Injury in Paediatrics (STARSHIP): protocol to study cerebral autoregulation in a prospective multicentre observational research database study - Agrawal S, Placek MM, White D, Daubney E, Cabeleira M, Smielewski P, Czosnyka M, Young A, Watson S, Maw A, Hutchinson PJ.
INTRODUCTION: Studying cerebral autoregulation, particularly PRx (Pressure Reactivity Index), is commonly employed in adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) and gives real-time information about intracranial pathophysiology, which can help in patient managemen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
