ALLMedicine™ Head Trauma Center

Mar 18th, 2023 - 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. This multi...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Ketones are not only utilized to produce energy but also play a neuroprotective role in many neurodegenerative diseases. However, whether this process has an impact on secondary brain damage after traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains unknown. OXCT...

Mar 14th, 2023 - The deceased donor organ pool has broadened beyond young, otherwise healthy head trauma victims. But an abundance of donated organs only benefits patients if they are accepted, expeditiously transported and actually transplanted. This review focus...

Mar 14th, 2023 - The etiologies of Parkinson’s disease (PD) remain unclear. Some, such as certain genetic mutations and head trauma, are widely known or easily identified. However, these causes or risk factors do not account for the majority of cases. Other, less ...

Mar 11th, 2023 - Temporal lobe encephaloceles (TEs) are a rare cause of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (DR-TLE), with head trauma and obesity identified as risk factors in adults. This study evaluated the clinical characteristics of childhood-onset DR-TLE d...

Mar 14th, 2023 - The etiologies of Parkinson’s disease (PD) remain unclear. Some, such as certain genetic mutations and head trauma, are widely known or easily identified. However, these causes or risk factors do not account for the majority of cases. Other, less ...

May 8th, 2021 - Head trauma (ie, head injury) is a significant public health concern and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children and young adults. Neuroimaging plays an important role in the management of head and brain injury, which can be sepa...

May 7th, 2020 - Head trauma is a frequent indication for cranial imaging in children. The majority of accidental pediatric head trauma is minor and sustained without intracranial injury. Well-validated pediatric-specific clinical decision guidelines should be use...

Nov 6th, 2017 - Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of an external source. It is a common symptom that can be related to hearing loss and other benign causes. However, tinnitus may be disabling and can be the only symptom in a patient with a centra...

May 6th, 2017 - The youngest children, particularly in the first year of life, are the most vulnerable to physical abuse. Skeletal survey is the universal screening examination in children 24 months of age and younger. Fractures occur in over half of abused child...

Mar 14th, 2023 - The etiologies of Parkinson’s disease (PD) remain unclear. Some, such as certain genetic mutations and head trauma, are widely known or easily identified. However, these causes or risk factors do not account for the majority of cases. Other, less ...

Mar 9th, 2023 - the investigators designed a prospective study after approval of our Institutional ethics committee (dossier no:212-2022) and planned to allocate 60 patients (2 groups; 1:1 allocation; n=30). This study is designed under the Declaration of Helsink...

Feb 24th, 2023 - Intracranial pressure is usually measured by invasive methods requiring an intracranial sensor. There is no non-invasive monitoring method recognized as a gold standard. Tympanometry would make it feasible to evaluate intracranial pressure through...

Feb 13th, 2023 - Trauma is defined as a physical injury from an external source. Despite improvements in trauma systems worldwide, trauma continues to be one of the leading causes of death and disability in all age groups, especially the young and middle age group...

Feb 8th, 2023 - GHD is the most common anterior pituitary abnormality after traumatic brain injury (TBI). It can occur as a result of either direct pituitary or indirect hypothalamic injury. Sports-related repetitive head trauma might induce pituitary dysfunction...

Mar 14th, 2023 - The etiologies of Parkinson’s disease (PD) remain unclear. Some, such as certain genetic mutations and head trauma, are widely known or easily identified. However, these causes or risk factors do not account for the majority of cases. Other, less ...

Feb 13th, 2023 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. Emergency departments (EDs) staffed by private equity are cutting down on doctors to save on costs. (Kaiser Health News) Childbirth is more deadly for Black mothers and babies even when they're wealt...

Nov 23rd, 2022 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. Also note that Morning Break will be taking its own break Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Look for it again on Monday, November 28. The anti-vax film "Died Suddenly," which claims C...

Nov 22nd, 2022 - Using irrigation warmed to body temperature during burr hole evacuation for chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) cuts the risk for recurrence by more than half compared and should become the standard of care, new research suggests. Results from the mu...

Nov 8th, 2022 - As a physician in the heart of the opioid epidemic, Pavirthra R. Ellison, MD, has watched for years as her patients have lost parents to overdoses. More than 1400 adults in West Virginia, where she practices, died of opioid abuse in 2021 alone, go...