ALLMedicine™ Head Trauma Center

Jun 27th, 2022 - Comorbid epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) occur in 12-22% of cases and the diagnosis of both simultaneous disorders is challenging. We aimed to identify baseline characteristics that may help distinguish patients with PNES-onl...

Jun 26th, 2022 - A rare combination of findings mimicking inflicted head trauma: A case of spontaneous subaponeurotic fluid collection overlying accessory sutures.|2022|Horstman A,Stegeman J,Tully J,|

Jun 26th, 2022 - To measure the effectiveness of a multimodal strategy, including simultaneous implementation of a clinical decision support system, to sustain adherence to a clinical pathway for care of children with minor head trauma treated in general emergency...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - Headache is recognized as one of the most common and disabling symptoms following head trauma. This study is designed to assess a calcitonin gene-related peptide (cGRP) monoclonal antibody (erenumab) for the preventive treatment of PTH based on th...

Jun 21st, 2022 - Epidemiological studies examining associations between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) have yielded conflicting results, which may be due methodological differences. To examine the relationship bet...

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...

Jun 5th, 2016 - Neuroimaging plays an important role in the management of head trauma. Several guidelines have been published for identifying which patients can avoid neuroimaging. Noncontrast head CT is the most appropriate initial examination in patients with m...

Jun 22nd, 2022 - Headache is recognized as one of the most common and disabling symptoms following head trauma. This study is designed to assess a calcitonin gene-related peptide (cGRP) monoclonal antibody (erenumab) for the preventive treatment of PTH based on th...

Jun 1st, 2022 - Background Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is one of the most common occurrences at the emergency departments in Italy and worldwide constituting major health and socioeconomic issue all over the world. mTBI is defined as a patient reporting a ...

May 24th, 2022 - The purpose of our study is to register the posterior fossa pressure in normal postoperative conditions and in patients with different kinds of posterior fossa pathologies. The aim of the study is to get a range of posterior fossa intracranial pre...

May 24th, 2022 - Trauma is a critical global health problem. It represents the fifth leading cause of significant disability and is one of the most common causes of mortality in youth and adulthood, as one in 10 deaths worldwide occurred due to trauma. The head is...

May 23rd, 2022 - Botulinum toxin injections is very frequently used in the treatment of spasticity after central neurological damage (stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, head trauma). The injections may be painful and the tolerance of the injections va...

May 26th, 2022 - Sparring among professional mixed martial arts (MMA) practitioners may have both positive and negative effects on the brain, early research suggests. Investigators found sparring, defined as strategically hitting opponents with kicks, punches, and...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - Approximately two-thirds of pediatric acute care concerns managed in telemedicine visits required no additional visits or follow-up, based on data from more than 600 visits. The increase in use of telemedicine during the first year of the COVID-19...

Mar 25th, 2022 - Editor's Note: The Case Challenge series includes difficult-to-diagnose conditions, some of which are not frequently encountered by most clinicians but are nonetheless important to accurately recognize. Test your diagnostic and treatment skills us...

Mar 1st, 2022 - Michael Wang, MD, professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, founding and current director, Mantle Cell Lymphoma Program of Excellence, professor, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine, the Unive...

Feb 10th, 2022 - Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Kids under 5 years of age may be able to get the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine as early as President's Day. (Reuters) We're at the end of the "full-blown" phase of the pandemic, accord...