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16 Cards in this Set
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Give 4 kinds of head injury
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1. penetrating injury
2. crush injury 3. deacceleartion injury 4. missile injury |
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Give 3 types of skull fracture
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1. linear fracture
2. depressed fracture 3. skull base fracture |
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What is the significance of skull base frature?
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Indicate severe head injury
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Give 4 features of skull base fracture
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1. otorrhoea
2. rhinorrhoea 3. pneumatocele 4. visual difficulty |
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Give 2 types of secondary head injury
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1. edema
2. hypoxia |
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What will traumatic hematomas usually lead to?
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1. epidural hematoma
2. acute/ chronic subdural hematoma 3. cerebral hematoma |
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What is the commonest type of space occupying lesion in head injury?
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Subdural hematoma
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What is the cause of subdural hematoma?
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Vein rupture over saggital sinus
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What will chronic subdural hematoma lead to?
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Dementia
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Under what situation will hematoma lead to dementia?
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Chronic subdural hematoma
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Feature of epidural hematoma
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1. lucid interval
2. temporal bone fracture 3. middle meningeal artery rupture 4. neurosurgical emergency |
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Which is neurosurgical emergency, epidural or subdural hematoma?
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Epidural
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Give 2 primary brain injury
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1. contusion
2. diffuse axonal injuries |
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Features of diffuse axonal injuries
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1. hemorrhage in corpus callosum and dorsal brainstem
2. absence of other mass lesion 3. white matter injury 4. axonal balls (histology) 5. commoner in rotational injury |
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What is the most common cause or prolonged comatose in head injured patient?
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Diffuse axonal injury
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Prolonged comatose
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Diffuse axonal injury
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