Fallacies of Routine CT Scan in Identifying Lesions in Severe Head Injury by Ashis Pathak, Dalbir Singh, N Khandelwal

“…Though CT scan is a common and reliable tool for diagnosis in severe head injury, may a times there is no detectable lesion seen in the CT scan of a patient with severe head injury to explain the neurological status. …”
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Role of hyperoxia and hyperbaric oxygen in severe head injury: A review by TVSP Murthy

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Quetiapine Induced Acute Dystonia in a patient with History of severe Head Injury by Robert G. Bota, Joanne W. Witkowski

“…A patient with a history of severe head injury 10 years ago regained ability to walk after years of being bound to a wheelchair. …”
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How Important Are Arterial Blood Gas Parameters for Severe Head Trauma in Children? by Levent Şahin, Murat Kayabaş

“…Aim: Our aim in this study is to consider the relationship between arterial blood gas (ABG) parameters and prognosis in severe head trauma in children. Material and Methods: Patients younger than 17 years of age with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 8 and below with a history of head trauma were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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A Shadow of Truth: Honor Klein in Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head by Kašpárková Barbora

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Suspected alcohol and addictive narcotic use were more at risk to severe head injury by Woro Riyadina

Subjects: “…suspected alcohol, addictive narcotic, severe head injury…”
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Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Therapy in Critically Ill Polytrauma Patients with Severe Head Injury by Luca Loredana, Rogobete Alexandru Florin, Bedreag Ovidiu Horea

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Decompressive craniectomy as a therapeutic alternative in uncontrollable intracranial hypertension in pediatric severe head injury by Adriel Herrero Díaz, Dionis Ruiz Reyes

“…Introduction: Severe head trauma has a high incidence in pediatric patients. …”
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Availability of specialized medical care in cases of severe head injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic by V. T. Korkhmazov, V. I. Perkhov

“…At the same time, we recognize that if the person with a severe head injury is brought to the hospital alive the chances to save his life increase.Results: In 2019 approximately half of the patients with cases of head injuries were admitted in the round-the-clock hospital (the ratio is 274.6 thousand cases of hospitalization to 566.6 thousand cases of the head injury – 48.5% of the total number of head injury cases). …”
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Acute cerebral MCA ischemia with secondary severe head injury and acute intracerebral and subdural haematoma by D. Balasa, A. Tunas, I. Rusu, A. Hancu, G. Butoi, V. Gramanschi

“…We present the case of a patient with an acute MCA ischemia with severe head injury due to a fall with subsequent intracranial acute intracerebral and subdural hematoma which evolved with acute left uncal, parahipocampal and subfalcinecerebral herniation (coma, GCS 6, left mydriasis, right severe hemiparesis). …”
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Early Tracheostomy in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation Due to Severe Head Injury to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) by Pratama Ananda, Sony

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Relationship of pre-hospital clinical status with behavior of intracranial pressure and outcomes in pediatric patients with severe head trauma. by Daysi Abreu Pérez, Angel Jesus Lacerda Gallardo, Jose Antonio Galvez.

Subjects: “…arterial hypotension, hypoxia, intracranial pressure, severe head trauma.…”
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Intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure and cerebral compliance monitoring and their relationship amongst adult severe head injury by Nujaimin, Udin

“…The study is to observe the correlation between intracranial physiological parameters namely intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) and cerebral compliance in adult severe head injured patients. In addition the relationship of the above parameters with post operative computed tomography scan and other potential clinical, non clinical factors and outcome were also analyzed.This is a prospective cohort study on severe head injured patients with Glasgow Coma Score of eight and below. …”
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A pediatric case of axial rotary fixation associated with severe head trauma requiring emergency craniotomy for hematoma removal by Toru Minamiyama, Ryo Kamidani, Hideshi Okada, Yosuke Mizuno, Takahito Miyake, Haruka Okamoto, Norihide Kanda, Soichiro Nagaya, Shinji Ogura

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Falls and Motor Vehicle Accidents as The Most Common Causes of Moderate and Severe Head Injuries in Children Age 3 and Younger by Aycicek Cecen, Merih Is, Erhan Celikoglu

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Evaluation of energy expenditure in the acute care of severe head injury patients : indirect calorimeter versus harris benedict formula by Saiful Razman, Mohd Noor

“…Management of comatose patients especially severely head-injured patients is very crucial due to the fact that secondary insult such as brain edema, hypo/hypertension, anemia and hypoxemia may develop during this period of time. …”
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Using the revised trauma score to predict outcome in severely head injured patients in a developing Nation A pilot study by S C Ohaegbulam, U V Okafor, O Ihekire, V Elumelu

Subjects: “…revised trauma score; severely head injured patients; developing nation…”
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The effect of age on outcome following severe head injury for patients in coma from the outset: A mitochondrial DNA degradation phenomenon?. by A David Mendelow

“…The pathophysiological mechanisms behind this effect may be due to increased sensitivity to ischaemic brain damage associated with mitochondrial dysfunction seen both with advancing age and severe head injury. If that were the case, then all attempts at improving the outcome in elderly patients with severe head injury may be futile. …”
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A comparison between fentanyl and esmolol in preventing increase intracranial pressure during endotracheal suction in severe head injury patient by Muhammad, Hasmizy

“…Background Preventing increases m intracranial pressure while maintaining adequate cerebral perfusion is a primary goal in the treatment of adults with a severe head injury. Routine nursing interventions can trigger reactive intracranial hypertension. …”
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Cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy in traumatic brain injury: Experience at Level - I apex trauma centre by Nowsheel Basheer, Deepak Kumar Gupta, AK Mahapatra, Hitesh Gurjar

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