Primary injury:Primary injury occurs at the time of impact and can be separated into two phases: (1) the phase resulting from the inciting event and giving rise to contusions, lacerations, and/oraxonal injury; (2) evolution of the primary injury. Primary injury cannot be treated directly be...
Incidence of fever in the rehabilitation phase following brain injury. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 1997;76:323-7.Clinchot, DM, Otis, S, Colachis, SC, 3rd, Incidence of fever in the rehabilitation phase following brain injury, Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil., 76:323, 1997....
Open head injury:In an open head injury, the skull breaks due to a strong impact from another object causing direct contact with the brain. Closed head injury:In a closed head injury, the impact leaves the skull unbroken with either a bump or no physical damage, but can cause an internal...
Synonyms for Mild traumatic brain injury in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for Mild traumatic brain injury. 19 synonyms for concussion: shock, brain injury, impact, crash, shaking, clash, jarring, collision, jolt, jolting, bump, collision, crash, impact, jar,
brain-damaged Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia brain damage n. Injury to the brain that is caused by various conditions, such as head trauma, inadequate oxygen supply, infection, or intracranial hemorrhage, and that may be associated with a behavioral or functional abnormality. ...
Clinically, the distinction between the “whole brain” and “brainstem” formulations of death may seem of little consequence, meaning that in the majority of devastating brain injuries from any mechanism, irreversible injury to the brainstem occurs via downward herniation following a primarily supratent...
concussion- injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness accidental injury,injury- an accident that results in physical damage or hurt 2.concussion- any violent blow blow,bump- an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" ...
which is a significant approach for the treatment of hypoxic ischemic braininjury. Hcy has effect on inducing vascularendothelial injuryvia oxygen free radical mediating, promoting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and increasing platelet adhesion, thus increasing the risk of ischemic encephalopathy....
brain injury resulting in an irreversible condition. This diagnosis should be made by physicians who have evaluated the history and completed theneurologic examinations.8,9,10The diagnosis of brain death based on neurologic examination alone should not be made if supratherapeutic or high therapeutic ...
摘要: The incidence and natural history of hypertension associated with traumatic brain injury were studied using a cohort of 80 patients discharged from a brain-injury rehabilitation centre. Although a ...DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699059009026189 ...