"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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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Head Injuries, Closed" by people in Profiles.
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Neuroendocrine Dysfunction in the Acute Setting of Penetrating Brain Injury: A Systematic Review. World Neurosurg. 2021 03; 147:172-180.e1.
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Case Series of Adolescents With Stroke-Like Symptoms Following Head Trauma. J Emerg Med. 2019 May; 56(5):554-559.
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Re-evaluating the need for hospital admission and observation of pediatric traumatic brain injury after a normal head CT. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Oct; 50(10):1758-61.
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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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Diffusion tensor MR imaging in pediatric head trauma. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Sep-Oct; 31(5):657-61.
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Preliminary trial of a noninvasive brain acoustic monitor in trauma patients with severe closed head injury. J Trauma. 2002 Nov; 53(5):857-63.
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Post-traumatic olfactory dysfunction. Laryngoscope. 2000 Dec; 110(12):2106-9.
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A theoretical model of benign external hydrocephalus that predicts a predisposition towards extra-axial hemorrhage after minor head trauma. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2000 Oct; 33(4):188-93.
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Evaluation of the patient with closed head trauma: an evidence based approach. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1999 Feb; 17(1):9-23, vii.