A Manual of Head Injuries in General Surgery |
Contents
The pathology of head injuries | 9 |
The conservative management of head | 29 |
The indications for and management | 49 |
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Acute subdural haematoma airway amnesia angiography Anosmia antibiotics anticonvulsants arachnoid bleeding blood bone brain burr holes C.S.F. leaks cause cerebral artery cerebral oedema chest Chronic subdural haematoma clinical clot compression coning contractures contusion cortex cranial debrided depressed fracture Deterioration of consciousness diagnosis diathermy dilated diplopia dose drain dura dural endotracheal tube epilepsy extradural extradural haematoma facial fat embolism fluid forceps fossa Fracture running frontal haemorrhage haemostasis head injury hemiparesis hourly Hyperthermia hypotension hypoxia incision indications for burr infection investigative burr holes laceration lateral lesion litres lumbar puncture Mannitol medially meningitis midline shift minor head injuries muscle neck needed nerve palsies normal Optic nerve orbital Papilloedema Phenytoin post-traumatic posture pressure headache prevent prognosis pupil response to pain severe head injury signs sinus skin sometimes spasticity steroids subarachnoid subdural haematoma Subdural hygroma sutures symptoms tachypnoea temperature temporal lobe trachea Tracheostomy trauma treatment unconscious patient usually ventricle vertigo wound