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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability in the United States. TBI is caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain.
Objective: To examine fall-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) death rates in older adults from 1980 through 2010 in the United States. Methods: Multiple-cause mortality data were used for this analysis. We defined "fall-related TBI dea... K Stollar 被引量: 0发表: 0年 ...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. Primary brain injury occurs at the scene of the trauma when kinetic energy disrupts brain tissue. Secondary brain injury begins hours after the trauma and is caused by neurochemical, metabolic, and cel...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most frequent cause of death in children and young adults in the United States. Besides emergency neurosurgical procedures, there are few medical treatment options to improve recovery in people who have experienced a TBI. Management of patients who survive TBI ...
Report to Congress on mild traumatic brain injury in the United States: Steps to prevent a serious public health problem. (2003). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/pdf/mtbireport-a.pdf Korley K, Kelen GD, Jones CM, Diaz-Arrastia R. Emergency Department Evaluation of ...
Greene NH, Kernic MA, Vavilala MS, Rivara FP (2014) Variation in pediatric traumatic brain injury outcomes in the United States. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 95: 1148-1155.Greene NH, Kernic MA, Vavilala MS, Rivara FP. Variation in pediatric traumatic brain injury outcomes in the United States...
Preventionis key to avoiding head injury. The use of bicycle helmets, motorcycle helmets, and seat belts can decrease the risk of head injury. What happens to the brain after a head injury? While head injuries are one of the most commoncauses of deathand disability in the United States, ma...
(1) Its effects range from a brief change in consciousness to long-term coma, permanent disability, or death. Each year, approximately 1.5 million people in the United States sustain a TBI; 50,000 of them die from the injury and as many as 90,000 experience long-term disability. (2) ...
In some instances, the impact may tear blood vessels in the brain, causing bleeding.Each year, TBI causes approximately 50,000 deaths in the United States. Another 1.5 million people will sustain a TBI from slip and falls, car, truck and motorcycle accidents or assaults. The impact of a ...