Tag: Head Injuries
CDC: Parent-Reported Head Injuries in 7.0 Percent of Children
Based on parental report, 8.3 percent of boys, 5.6 percent of girls have had head injury in their lifetime
Signs of Long-Term Brain Injury in Blood of Boxers, MMA Fighters
Researchers find head injuries from fighting cause brain changes that might spur troubles later in life
Traumatic Brain Injury May Up Later Risk of Dementia
Threat even higher when injury occurs in middle age, investigators say
Quality Improvement Project Can Reduce Pediatric Head CT Use
Reduction in CT use from 29.2 at baseline to 17.4 percent during postintervention period
Player-to-Player Hits in Football Up Magnitude of Head Impacts
Running longer before the contact happens also results in larger magnitude of impact
Traumatic Brain Injury Tied to Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
No association between TBI with loss of consciousness and increased dementia risk
CDC: Fatal Abusive Head Trauma Among Children Down in the U.S.
Deaths of children under age 5 dropped an average 13 percent annually between 2009 and 2014
CT CAP Rarely Reveals Acute Injury in Low-Velocity Trauma
Findings in low-velocity trauma patients without evidence of bodily harm
Axonal Injury in Brain Trauma Tied to β-Amyloid Burden
Imaging shows pattern of β-amyloid plaques that overlaps but differs from that of Alzheimer's disease
Hypothermia Doesn’t Cut Intracranial Pressure in TBI
Therapeutic hypothermia plus standard care doesn't improve outcome over standard care alone
