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Long-Term Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury
One in 60 people in the U.S. lives with a traumatic brain injury related disability. Here, we discuss the long-term effects ...
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Head injury, sport and the risk of dementia
A head injury that causes damage to the brain is known as a traumatic brain injury ... that people wear protective headgear in situations where there is a higher-than-normal risk of head injury – for ...
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: An Update for Advanced Practice Nurses
Only 8% of those with GCS scores of 15 had abnormal CT results ... imaging with brain abnormalities in those with milder injuries (Kesler, Adams, & Bigler, 2000; Umile, Plotkin, & Sandel, 1998 ...
Traumatic brain injuries have toxic effects that last weeks after initial impact − an antioxidant material reduces this damage in mice
Addressing the harmful chemical processes that accompany blunt force trauma to the brain can reduce the risk of long-term ...
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Cranial Computed Tomographic Findings in a Large Group of Children With Drowning: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Forensic Implications
The lack of cranial CT findings consistent with traumatic injury to the brain ... in abusive head injury, abnormal CT findings can be present in children with a higher or even normal level of ...