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Acute-on-chronic subdural cranial hematoma in a dog: case report

A ten-month-old male Yorkshire terrier dog was evaluated via CT four months after traumatic brain injury. The head CT scan showed dilated ventricles associated with a peripheral crescent-shaped collection of blood near the right parietal bone with a mineralized area. The visceral layer of the hematoma wa...

Morte encefálica e doação de órgãos em hospital referência em urgência e trauma do Estado de Goiás
Brain death and organ donation in a referral hospital in urgency and trauma of the state of goias

Define-se por morte encefálica a completa e irreversível perda das funções cerebrais e do tronco cerebral. Sendo o diagnóstico confirmado, a família do potencial doador tem o direito de decidir sobre doação de órgãos para fins de transplante. Este estudo teve como objetivo levantar dados sobre ...

Events associated with the occurrence of intracranial hypertension in pediatric patients with severe cranioencephalic trauma and monitoring of intracranial pressure

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the events associated with the occurrence of intracranial hypertension (ICH) in pediatric patients with severe cranioencephalic trauma. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of patients 18 years old and younger with cranioencephalic trauma, scores below nine on t...

Injuria cerebral secundaria en UCI: ¿cómo la atención del equipo de salud modifica los eventos clínicos que la causan?
Secondary brain injury in the ICU: how does the attention of the health team modify the clinical events that cause it?

Introducción: El principio fundamental en el tratamiento global de la lesión cerebral es evitar las injurias secundarias. Una variedad de intervenciones realizadas por el equipo de salud puede estimular al paciente neurocrítico y conducir a las condiciones que causan injuria cerebral secundaria (ICS)....

Trauma cranioencefálico: perfil dos pacientes atendidos em um hospital público de Teresina

Objetivo: Identificar o perfil dos pacientes acometidos com traumatismo cranioencefálico atendidas em um hospital público de Teresina. Método: Estudo descritivo, exploratório, retrospectivo, documental de abordagem quantitativa realizado em um hospital público de Teresina-PI. Os dados foram coletado...

Análise temporal das agressões físicas contra a mulher sob a perspectiva da odontologia legal na cidade de Fortaleza, Ceará
Temporal analysis of physical aggressions against women under the perspective of Legal Dentistry in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará

Introdução: A região de cabeça e pescoço é um dos sítios mais atingidos em casos de violência contra a mulher, fato que torna o odontolegista fundamental nas perícias de lesão corporal. O objetivo desse trabalho foi realizar uma análise temporal dos casos de agressão física contra as mulhere...

Large Vertex Epidural Hematoma: Case Report and Review of Surgical Approaches

Arq. bras. neurocir; 38 (4), 2019
Vertex epidural hematomas (VEHs) are a special clinical entity due to their clinical presentation, vascular etiology and options of surgical approach. The clinical suspicion involves recognizing the mechanism of the injury and the correct visualization of the hematoma in computed tomography (CT) coronal ...

Characterization of the intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in the Benue State University Teaching Hospital

Today, intensive care units (ICUs) of most hospitals in developed countries have become sepa-rate departments staffed by career intensive care physicians or intensivists from various fields of medicine. In Nigeria, however, ICUs are still part of the anaesthesia department and critical care constitutes a...

Clinical and microbiological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae in adult patients in Mexico

Rev. argent. microbiol; 51 (3), 2019
The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors and clinical and microbiological characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adult patients in Mexico. Streptococcus pneumoniae classified as the causative agent of CAP in adult patients and patients with invasive S. pneumoniae isolates pr...