HEAD-INJURIES IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Authors
MANSFIELD RT
Citation
Rt. Mansfield, HEAD-INJURIES IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS, Critical care clinics, 13(3), 1997, pp. 611
Citations number
105
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Critical care clinics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07490704
Volume
13
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-0704(1997)13:3<611:HICAA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Motor vehicle-related accidents account for the largest number of head injuries in all ages. This article reviews types of injury, neurologi c assessment, secondary injury, brain swelling, seizures, resuscitatio n, and intensive care.