Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage: a 10-year case study and review

Citation
Jt. Gray et al., Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage: a 10-year case study and review, FOREN SCI I, 105(1), 1999, pp. 13-23
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology
Journal title
FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
ISSN journal
03790738 → ACNP
Volume
105
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
13 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-0738(19991025)105:1<13:TSHA1C>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Fourteen cases of traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage (TSAH) from the years 1985-1995 are described. Two of these cases, one paediatric and one involvi ng controlled substances, are considered separately. All 14 cases are then discussed together with the current literature with respect to: typical sub ject, the circumstances and aetiology of injury, time interval between inju ry and collapse, time of survival, the role of alcohol, the site of arteria l rupture, and the methods recommended by other authors for the location of such an injury. We conclude that TSAH is a poorly understood cause of sudd en death; fuller research is needed to clarify aetiology. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.