Between the ages of 15-24, concussions are the second leading cause of traumatic brain injury in young adults in the United States A. NO CHANGE D. In the United States, concus- B. Concussions are the leading sions are the second-leading second cause of traumatic cause of traumatic brain...
Car accidents leading cause of traumatic brain injuryAdam Greenberg
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), also known as childhood neurotrauma or inflicted traumatic brain injury, is the leading cause of death from childhood maltreatment. Unlike many types of child abuse, the action that causes SBS is known, occurs quickly, and is, theoretically, largely preventable. An in...
a protein biochemist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Melchior is a leader in lipoprotein research—and a carrier of two copies of the APOE4 gene, adding a personal incentive to his work to understand the protein's action in the nervous...
Sepsis and trauma cause inflammation and elevated susceptibility to hospital-acquired pneumonia. As phagocytosis by macrophages plays a critical role in the control of bacteria, we investigated the phagocytic activity of macrophages after resolution of inflammation. After resolution of primary pneumonia, mur...
While deaths are hardly ever heard of with ketamine infusion therapy, there are contraindications due to side effects that can cause significant problems for some people. Ketamine can elevate heart rate and blood pressure, among other side effects....
• Post-traumatic epilepsy: Recurrent late seizures, with no identifiable cause other then TBI Prevention of Seizures Following Traumatic Brain Injury 169 http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/57457 4. Epidemiology The burden of post traumatic seizures (PTS) is often underestimated in relation to the overall...
Since the introduction of computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CT-PA), the estimated incidence of PE has risen from 62.1 to 112.3 cases per 100,000 [1]. Untreated, the associated mortality of PE is as high as 30% with recurrent embolism being the most common cause. Globally, systemic...
The primary underlying cause of cerebral palsy is brain damage.Brain damageduring pregnancy, labor, or delivery can lead to significant disabilities associated with cerebral palsy. There are many potentialcauses of infant brain damage, including malpractice. A doctor or other healthcare provider can ma...
suggested that RSV might cause neurological complications in infants [5]. In addition, some cases of RSV being potentially associated with clinical encephalopathy, coughing and runny nose symptoms in RSV-infected children who developed unconsciousness and hypotonia have been reported [33]. Furthermore...