 Head Injuries, Closed
"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 injury. (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 Trauma, Closed
- Closed Head Trauma
- Closed Head Traumas
- Head Traumas, Closed
- Trauma, Closed Head
- Traumas, Closed Head
- Closed Head Injuries
- Closed Head Injury
- Head Injury, Closed
- Head Injuries, Nonpenetrating
- Nonpenetrating Head Injuries
- Nonpenetrating Head Injury
Head Injury, Blunt- Head Injury, Blunt
- Blunt Head Injuries
- Blunt Head Injury
- Head Injuries, Blunt
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Conners GP, Sacks WK, Leahey NF. Variations in sedating uncooperative, stable children for post-traumatic head CT. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1999 Aug; 15(4):241-4.
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