Sentences with phrase «following head trauma»

He had a rough start in life, abandoned as a kitten at The Animal Medical Center following a head trauma incident.

The study utilized a novel eye - tracking device to effectively measure the severity of concussion or brain injury in patients presenting to emergency departments following head trauma.

Not exact matches

Despite recent media attention on concussions and other brain trauma, the majority of football injuries occur in the lower extremities, with injuries to the knees reported to be as high as 36.5 percent, followed by up to 18.8 percent for ankle injuries, up to 13.3 percent for shoulder injuries, 11.8 percent for head injuries and 7.2 percent for neck injuries.

Following a season of grueling practices and hard - fought games, football and ice hockey players who had no outward sign of head trauma showed worrisome changes in brain structure and cognitive performance that weren't shared by athletes who competed in varsity sports such as track, crew and cross-country skiing, according to a report published Wednesday in the journal Neurology.

The findings, published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation on March 3, 2014, suggest that a lack of clear TBI symptoms following an explosion may not accurately reflect the extent of brain injury.

By comparing the age at which the fracture was received with the age at which the victims eventually died, the team was able to calculate whether an instance of severe head trauma increased the victim's odds of dying in the following years.

Professor Peter Andrews, Head of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, said: «This well conducted trial has shown that hypothermia can successfully reduce brain pressure following trauma, but after 6 months functional recovery was significantly worse than standard care alone.»

The condition most commonly occurs with hearing loss, but can also follow head and neck trauma, such as after an auto accident, or dental work.

Treatment for head traumas generally include initial attention to shock, followed by supportive care, such as, IV fluids, oxygen supplementation and anti inflammatory drugs.

In the hours or days following a car accident, you may not be aware that you have suffered head trauma if you were not rendered unconscious.

Traumatic brain injury and paralysis are the most serious injuries suffered by motorcyclists following a collision — when the head strikes unyielding pavement or another fixed object, head trauma and brain injury can result, and

Although the injured woman was released the following day, the man reportedly remains hospitalized with severe head trauma.

In the following sections, we present the position that evidence - based home visiting (EBHV) programs, such as Early Head Start (EHS), Healthy Families America (HFA), Parents as Teachers (PAT), and Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), are uniquely positioned to break the intergenerational transmission of childhood trauma, such as ACEs.

«I have successfully treated clients who are now living healthy, productive lives who have had the following problems: Trauma, victims of physical, sexual and mental abuse, families with relationship issues, oppositional teens, marriages headed for divorce, severe anxiety, living with borderline personality disorder, and individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder and their partners.

In addition, a consultant's perspective on child development, the impact of trauma on children and their families, trauma, intervention strategies, and community resources provides an essential support for Early Head Start and Head Start teachers, staff, and families in the specific approaches described on the following pages.