Disease relevance of Skull Fractures

• This type of test provides an advantage over caloric testing in the presence of external and middle ear disease and basal skull fracture and can be a useful adjunct in the evaluation of coma and brain death [1].
• Riders wearing helmets suffered fewer skull fractures, fewer intracranial injuries, had less frequent and shorter periods of loss of consciousness, more favorable GCS scores, and shorter hospital stays [2].
• The frequency and severity of the abnormalities correlated with the severity of the head injury, and there was a trend suggesting that middle fossa basal skull fractures predisposed to cortisol abnormalities [3].
• Three-dimensional CT maximum intensity projection (MIP) can depict suture patency, extent of synostosis (ie, complete versus incomplete bone bridging), fracture extent and conspicuity, and 3D calvarial deformity as a single set of projections in children with suspected craniosynostosis or skull fracture [4].
• For two years, four ampoules of co-trimoxazole twice a day, followed by four tablets twice a day, which were administered to neurosurgical patients and to patients admitted to hospital with skull fractures, produced no toxicity and this regimen has not been associated with postoperative meningitis [5].

Psychiatry related information on Skull Fractures

• In a follow-up of 174 head injured patients, it was found that patients with acceleration injuries evinced a longer duration of coma, lengthier post-traumatic amnesia, and less number of skull fractures [6].
• Definition of acute TBI was according to the ICD 10 S-02, S-04, S-06, S-07, S-09 in combination with dizziness or vomiting; retrograde or anterograde amnesia, impaired consciousness, skull fracture, and/or focal neurological impairment [7].

High impact information on Skull Fractures

• We evaluated a list of high-yield criteria (HYL) as a means of reducing posttraumatic skull roentgenograms and as a diagnostic test for skull fractures [8].
• INTERPRETATION: In children, severe intracranial injury can occur in the absence of skull fracture [9].
• A 68-year-old patient with the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion secondary to basilary skull fracture was treated successfully with demeclocycline and phenytoin [10].
• The skull-isostress response curve agrees with the JARI Human Head Impact Tolerance Curve for skull fracture [11].
• Letter: Compound elevated skull fractures [12].

Chemical compound and disease context of Skull Fractures

• Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel, we have observed that all victims of alleged falls from low heights exhibited unilateral skull fractures [13].
• We report the long-term follow up of a growing skull fracture treated by duraplasty and cranioplasty with artificial dura mater and methylmethacrylate [14].
• During a protracted clinical course this young man with a skull fracture and epidural haematoma experienced profound hypotension and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) well in advance of marked fourfold rise of circulating peripheral C3a desArg anaphylatoxin levels [15].
• The presence of increased intracranial pressure, hypoxia, skull fracture or abnormal CT findings had no significant influence on the levels of testosterone, FSH or LH [16].

Gene context of Skull Fractures

• Injury severity measures included GCS, ISS, AIS, and presence/absence of intracranial lesion, skull fracture and amnesia [17].
• Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss complicating basal skull fracture [18].
• RESULTS: Four patients developed complications related to the instrumentation: 2 following cranial surgery for epilepsy, 1 after correction of a growing skull fracture, and 1 after laminotomy for an intramedullary tumor [19].
• Three head injuries are described in the Bible: the death of Sisera at the hands of Jael, the skull fractures inflicted on Abimelech near the walls of Thebez, and the slaying of Goliath by David [20].
• A skull fracture was found in 103 cases and was accompanied by epidural hematoma (HED) in 19 cases (18%) and by subdural hematoma (HSD) in 12 cases (12%) [21].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Skull Fractures

• In adults, multiple variables such as skull fracture, Glasgow Coma Scale score, unconsciousness, and amnesia are significant factors that determine whether to admit the patient to the hospital and the patient's outcome [22].

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