Penetrating Head Trauma - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2024年1月30日 · Penetrating head trauma (PHT) refers to any injury that breaches the skull and protective barriers of the brain. Incidents such as gunshot wounds, stabbings, falls, or accidents involving sharp objects can cause this type of trauma. Patients with PHT require both medical and surgical management.
Blunt Trauma: What Is It, Diagnosis, Outcomes | Osmosis
2020年12月10日 · Blunt trauma, also known as non-penetrating trauma or blunt force trauma, refers to injury of the body by forceful impact, falls, or physical attack with a dull object. Penetrating trauma, by contrast, involves an object or surface piercing the …
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Open head injuries involve penetration of the scalp and skull (and usually the meninges and underlying brain tissue). They typically involve bullets or sharp objects, but a skull fracture with overlying laceration due to severe blunt force is also considered an open injury.
TBI by pattern: Penetrating, nonpenetrating, and blast injury
2021年1月1日 · In this chapter we will review the unique features and key differences of both penetrating and blast injury. Penetrating brain injury (PBI) is the deadliest form of TBI. Gunshot wounds are the leading cause of PBI overall and account for 12% of all TBIs.
Penetrating head injury - Wikipedia
A penetrating head injury, or open head injury, is a head injury in which the dura mater, the outer layer of the meninges, is breached. [1] Penetrating injury can be caused by high-velocity projectiles or objects of lower velocity such as knives, or bone fragments from a skull fracture that are driven into the brain.
Assessment of traumatic brain injury, acute - BMJ Best Practice
2023年7月11日 · Blunt TBI is typically found in the setting of motor vehicle-related injury, falls, crush injuries, or physical altercations. Penetrating TBI: occurs when an object pierces the skull and breaches the dura mater, seen commonly in gunshot and stab wounds.
Head Injury: Types, Symptoms, Causes & Treatments - Cleveland Clinic
2024年8月21日 · You might picture something hitting you in the head, or smacking your head off an object (and those are common causes). But it’s also possible to experience a head injury from any force that suddenly shakes your body hard enough to make your head move violently.
Head Trauma: Etiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestation, …
2024年3月28日 · The incidence of traumatic injuries to the head is high and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Whether the insulting force is blunt, penetrating, or blast, traumatic brain injury is often the outcome and has a wide variety of clinical presentations that involve lifelong emotional, behavioral, and permanent physical impairments.
Traumatic Neck and Skull Base Injuries | RadioGraphics
2019年10月7日 · Patients with blunt and penetrating traumatic injuries to the skull base and soft tissues of the neck present to the emergency department every day. Fortunately, truly life-threatening injuries to these regions are relatively uncommon. However, when encountered and not correctly diagnosed, these entities may result in severe morbidity or mortality.
Traumatic Brain Injury: Imaging Patterns and Complications
2019年10月7日 · Radiologists play a critical role in the diagnosis of complications of traumatic brain injury and should understand injury patterns and secondary injuries that can occur because of mass effect and ...