Diseases

Closed Head Injuries

Traumatic injuries to the cranium where the integrity of the skull is not compromised and no bone fragments or other objects penetrate the skull and DURA MATER. This frequently results in mechanical injury being transmitted to intracranial structures which may produce TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, hemorrhage, or CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES. (From Rowland, Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p417)

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Abstract

Traumatic injuries to the cranium where the integrity of the skull is not compromised and no bone fragments or other objects penetrate the skull and DURA MATER. This frequently results in mechanical injury being transmitted to intracranial structures which may produce TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, hemorrhage, or CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES. (From Rowland, Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p417)

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  • Head Injuries, Closed
  • Head Injuries, Nonpenetrating
  • Head Injury, Nonpenetrating
  • Head Trauma, Closed
  • Injuries, Closed Head
  • Closed Head Injury
  • Closed Head Trauma
  • Closed Head Traumas
  • Head Injury, Closed
  • Head Traumas, Closed
  • Nonpenetrating Head Injuries
  • Nonpenetrating Head Injury
  • Head Injury, Blunt
  • Blunt Head Injuries
  • Blunt Head Injury
  • Head Injuries, Blunt

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate with BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC only if both are discussed

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  • Head Injuries (1966-1991)

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  1. C10w.900.300w.350w
  2. C26w.915.300w.450w
  3. C26w.974w.382w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Closed Head Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016489. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016489
  2. Closed Head Injuries. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-head_injury
  3. Closed Head Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5135341