PARTICIPANTS A total of 2 176 patients age 65 years or older who presented to the ED with a fall were assessed, and 1753 were included. Inclusion criteria were a fall on level ground, off a bed, chair, or toilet, or from one or two steps within 48 hours. MEASUREMENTS Emergency ...
Acute: This type develops quickly and is linked to a death rate that ranges from about 37% to 90%. People who survive an acute subdural bleed often have permanent brain damage. This type of brain hemorrhage can happen after a hit to the head from a fall, car crash, sports accident,whip...
Internal bleedingmay be much more difficult to identify. It may not be evident for many hours after it begins, and symptoms may only occur when there is significant blood loss or if ablood clotis large enough to compress an organ and prevent it from functioning properly. ...
Blood is expelled per meatus as a result of spasm of the bulbospongiosus muscle and often is apparent an hour after injury [21]. The amount of urethral bleeding correlates little with the severity of injury. Blood at the meatus should preclude attempts at catheterization until the urethra is...
Democrat Angel Ramirez will soon be the first Latina to serve in the Iowa legislature, after winning the April 29 special election in House district 78 by a commanding margin. Ramirez outperformed the partisan lean of the district, defeating Republican Bernie Hayes by 2,742 votes to 721 (79.0...
Genetic work-up revealed a CAG-repeat expansion of 43 repeats in the HTT gene why HD was diagnosed. Tiaprid (300 mg/d), olanzapine (5 mg/d), and tetrabenazine (75 mg/d) were given with limited effect. At age 67y she was admitted after a fall in her flat with consecutive coma ...
Conclusions and Relevance This study found a significant increase in intracranial bleeding with daily low-dose aspirin but no significant reduction of ischemic stroke. These findings may have particular relevance to older individuals prone to developing intracranial bleeding after head trauma. Trial Registra...
Sure, there were outings were he would string together a couple innings of solid work but that would be after a disastrous inning that would put the Royals in a hole. The thing is, Kowar’s struggles are a good sign of why people are calling for pitching coach Cal Eldred’s head. ...
Why would an individual's blood pressure drop when they stand up after being in a lying position for a while? Explain why people with XY-chromosomes are more likely than XX-individuals to have the recessive x-linked single-gene disorders, hemophilia. Why can delirium can cause...
Stop fixing the adaptive response: why cardiovascular disease should be named chronic scurvy Breakthrough bleeding is also more common with progestin-only regimens, but adjusting the Depo-Provera regimen to a 10-week schedule reduces the breakthrough bleeding after 4-6 months. The pill: a pediatric...