A Shadow of Truth: Honor Klein in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head by Kašpárková Barbora

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Multidisciplinary approach for a severe head burn caused by high-voltage electrical shock - a case report by Zofia Hoffman, Piotr Homa, Jakub Krzysztof Gałązka, Leon Sakwa, Michał Szymoniuk, Łukasz Domagalski, Marcin Wdowiak, Wojciech Czyżewski, Radosław Rola, Sergey Antonov

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How Successful is Combined Superior and Inferior Oblique Muscle Surgery in Young Children with Superior Oblique Underaction Presenting in Infancy with a Severe Head Tilt? by Revelle A. Littlewood, John P. Burke

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Iris Murdoch e Clarice Lispector: A tradução do romance a cabeça decepada by Mônica Stefani, Tiago Ferreira Pereira

“…Assim, este artigo apresenta uma análise contrastiva de trechos selecionados do romance A Severed Head (1961), da autora anglo-irlandesa Iris Murdoch, e de A Cabeça Decepada, tradução atribuída a Clarice Lispector (conforme nome na capa), publicada pela editora Artenova em 1973. …”
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Une cave à amphores, une statue en pierre et une tête coupée de la fin de l’âge du Fer à Châteaumeillant (Cher) by Sophie Krausz, Caroline Millereux, Marion Bouchet, Fabienne Olmer

“…It combines the representation of a male figure set in stone with a severed head. Well 512 and cellar 437 constitute an exceptional archaeological ensemble, unprecedented in a La Tène period habitat. …”
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Successful management of a Comatose Patient with Traumatic Brain Exposure with a fronto-Parieto-occipital flap by Charles Chidiebele Maduba, Ugochukwu Uzodimma Nnadozie

“…A 14-year-old boy sustained a severe head injury from a motor vehicle accident with a composite scalp defect in the right fronto-parietal region. …”
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Cochlear Implantation after Bilateral Transverse Temporal Bone Fractures by Jong-Heon Shin, SooChan Park, Sam-Hyun Baek, SungHee Kim

“…Patients deafened by a severe head injury are rarely encountered. We report a case of a 65-yr-old man with bilateral transverse temporal bone fractures due to head injury. …”
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Providencia Rettgeri: An Emerging Nosocomial Uropathogen in an Indwelling Urinary Catheterised Patient by Siddharth Sagar, Nagalakshmi Narasimhaswamy, Jessica D’Souza

“…We report the isolation of P. rettgeri from the urine sample of a 39-year-old male patient on prolonged Foley’s catheterisation following a severe head injury. Identification of this organism was done by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDITOF) based systems. …”
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The white cerebellum sign with good prognosis: A case report by Mohamed Dahamou, MD, Mohammed Alamine Elfarissi, MD, Younes Dehneh, MD, Mohannad Aldabbas, MD, Mohamed Khoulali, PhD, Noureddine Oulali, PhD, Fayçal Moufid, PhD

“…We report the case of a child who presented this sign after a severe head injury and differently from most of previous cases, our patient has recovered very successfully. …”
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Bilateral isodense epidural hematoma: case report Hematoma epidural isodenso bilateral: relato de caso by Rodrigo Mendonça, Telmo T.F. Lima, Leandro I. Dini, Cláudio L.L. Krebs

“…We present a case of a severe head injuried 23 year-old male patient. The initial CT scan disclosed bilateral epidural hematoma, isodense with the brain, thus being a pitfall in diagnosis. …”
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All Roads Lead to Rome: Discretionary Reasoning on Medically Objective Injuries at the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Offices by Ole Kristian Sandnes Håvold

“…Frontline workers participate in a focus group where they are presented with a vignette concerning the case of a user with medically objective findings, that is, a severe head injury. The analysis focuses on the reasoning of the frontline workers before they come up with a suggestion as to how to proceed with the case. …”
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The Death of a Child in a Noble Family: Prince Walter Prosper (1839–1841) and the Funeral Ritual of the House of Schwarzenberg in the Nineteenth Century by Jan Bouška

“…This article is focused on the specific case of Prince Walter Prosper (1839–1841), who died at the age of two as a consequence of a severe head injury. The article describes not only the ceremonies and rituals which took place during Prince Walter’s funeral, but also uses them to explain the general course of Schwarzenberg burials. …”
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Calcification of the alar ligament mimics fracture of the craniovertebral junction (CVJ): an incidental finding from computerised tomography of the cervical spine following trauma by Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah, Abd. Aziz, Azian

“…We present a case involving a previously healthy 44-year old man who was admitted following a severe head injury from a road traffic accident. CT scans of the head showed multiple intracrania haemorrhages, while scans of the cervical spine revealed a small, well-defined, ovoid calcification in the right alar ligament. …”
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Gossypiboma larynx: a rare cause of post-tracheostomy stridor—case report and review of literature by Gagan S. Prakash, Vikyath Satish, Bharath Raju, Neema Jayachamarajapura Onkaramurthy, Sathya Prakash

“…Case presentation A 32-year-old male presented with stridor and difficulty breathing one-month post-tracheostomy after a severe head injury following a road traffic accident. …”
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Superior mesenteric artery syndrome after severe head trauma by Jurgita Gailiene, Ausra Lukosiute-Urboniene, Arturas Kilda, Vidmantas Barauskas

“…We present a case of a 17-year-old boy who suffered a severe head trauma during a car accident. He had prolonged confinement in the supine position because of ongoing coma. …”
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Effect of priority cranioplasty on post-traumatic hydrocephalus with severe collapse of brain tissue: A case report by Jingchao Zhou, Yifan Zhang, Xianhao Huo, Zhenghao Wang, Peng Guo, Zhanfeng Niu

“…We describe the case of a 17-year-old adolescent who sustained a severe head injury in a traffic accident and underwent a right frontotemporal parietal craniectomy and contusionectomy to relieve brain herniation. …”
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Analysis of feasibility and outcome of bedside percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus open feeding gastrostomy in head injury patients by Dharmesh Balsarkar, Hussain Shaikh, Sachin Suryawanshi, Munaafroz Shaikh, Ajay Alva, Ravi Warat

“…Abstract Background Nutritional care in patients with a severe head injury is of utmost importance, as nutritional deficiency can affect the outcomes in these patients. …”
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Predictors of severe head injury in tertiary centre by Rajendra Shrestha

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis was carried on patients (n=321) with a severe head injury, defined as Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ? …”
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Implementation of Quebec Shoulder Dislocation Rule in Turkish Patient Population by Aytun Temiz, Murat Das

“…Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate whether the Quebec Shoulder Dislocation Rule (QSDR) is valid in Turkish patient population.Materials and Methods: Adult patients with an anterior shoulder dislocation were enrolled in this study. Patients with a severe head injury, multiple trauma, and drug or alcohol intoxication were excluded. …”
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Pharmacokinetic behavior of phenytoin in head trauma and cerebrovascular accident patients in an iranian population by Shahnaz Alimardani, Sima Sadrai, Hamidreza Taghvaye Masoumi, Pooneh Salari, Atabak Najafi, Behzad Eftekhar, Mojtaba Mojtahedzadeh

“…Phenytoin has been commonly used as an anticonvulsant agent for the treatment or prophylaxis of seizures following acute brain injury. After a severe head injury, several pharmacokinetic changes occur. …”
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