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  • 111Closed head injury — Closed head injuries are a type of Traumatic Brain Injury in which the skull and dura mater remain intact. Closed head injuries are the leading cause of death in children under 4 years old and the most common cause of physical disability and… …

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  • 112Personal injury lawyer — A personal injury lawyer is a lawyer who provides legal representation to those who claim to have been injured, physically or psychologically, as a result of the negligence or wrongdoing of another person, company, government agency, or other… …

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  • 113Tracheobronchial injury — Classification and external resources Reconstruction of the trachea and bronchi with x ray computed tomography showing disruption of the right main bronchus with abnormal lucency (arrow) …

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  • 114Primary and secondary brain injury — are ways to classify the injury processes that occur in brain injury. In traumatic brain injury (TBI), primary injury occurs during the initial insult, and results from displacement of the physical structures of the brain. On the other hand,… …

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  • 115Focal and diffuse brain injury — Classification and external resources Epidural hematoma, an example of a focal injury ICD 10 S …

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  • 116Complications of traumatic brain injury — Traumatic brain injury (TBI, physical trauma to the brain) can cause a variety of complications, health effects that are not TBI themselves but that result from it. The risk of complications increases with the severity of the trauma;[1] however… …

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  • 117Reperfusion injury — Classification and external resources MeSH D015427 Reperfusion injury is the tissue damage caused when blood supply returns to the tissue after a period of ischemia or lack of oxygen. The absence of oxygen and …

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  • 118Penetrating head injury — Classification and external resources An 1868 illustration of the injury suffered by Phineas Gage, a railroad worker who had a tamping iron driven through his skull in an 1848 accident. ICD 10 S …

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  • 119Nerve injury — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a nerve with a decrease in myelinated nerve fibres (pink) and an abnormal increase in fibrous tissue (yellow), as may be seen in nerve injuries. HPS stain …

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  • 120Coup contrecoup injury — When the head strikes a fixed object, the coup injury occurs at the site of impact and the contrecoup injury occurs at the opposite side. In head injury, a coup injury occurs under the site of impact with an object, and a contrecoup injury occurs …

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