"Head Injuries, Closed" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D016489
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.900.300.350 C26.915.300.450 C26.974.382
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| Concept/Terms |
Head Injuries, Closed- Head Injuries, Closed
- Injuries, Closed Head
- Head Injury, Nonpenetrating
- Head Injuries, Nonpenetrating
- Nonpenetrating Head Injuries
- Nonpenetrating Head Injury
- Head Trauma, Closed
- Closed Head Trauma
- Closed Head Traumas
- Head Traumas, Closed
- Closed Head Injuries
- Closed Head Injury
- Head Injury, Closed
Head Injury, Blunt- Head Injury, Blunt
- Blunt Head Injuries
- Blunt Head Injury
- Head Injuries, Blunt
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Head Injuries, Closed" by people in Profiles.
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Occult Head Injury in Children Less Than 2 Years With Suspected Child Abuse in the Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Sep; 35(9):596-599.
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Utility of Emergency Department Observation Units for Neurologically Intact Children With Head CT Abnormalities Secondary to Acute Closed Head Injury. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Mar; 33(3):161-165.
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Role of the surgeon in non-accidental trauma. Pediatr Surg Int. 2015 Jul; 31(7):605-10.
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CT should not be relied on for cases of isolated vomiting in children with blunt head trauma. Evid Based Med. 2015 Feb; 20(1):32.
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Posttraumatic superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis in a 2 years old. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Feb; 30(2):108-10.
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Hemorrhagic intradiploic epidermoid cyst. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Dec; 115(12):2549-51.
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The impact of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on recovery from mild traumatic brain injury. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Aug; 12(2):97-102.
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Timing and mechanism of ischemic stroke due to extracranial blunt traumatic cerebrovascular injury. J Neurosurg. 2013 Feb; 118(2):397-404.
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The effect of blood alcohol level and preinjury chronic alcohol use on outcome from severe traumatic brain injury in Hispanics, anglo-Caucasians, and African-americans. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2012 Sep-Oct; 27(5):361-9.
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The association of occipitocervical dissociation and death as a result of blunt trauma. Spine J. 2010 Dec; 10(12):1128-32.