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Head Trauma, Penetrating
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Basics
Description
Penetrating injury to intracranial contents:Description
- High-velocity penetration: Usually bullets, which cause trauma directly to brain tissue and also have a “shock-wave” injury to local surrounding brain
- Low-velocity penetration: Usually knives, picks, or other sharp objects, with direct local trauma to brain tissue
Etiology
Etiology
- Direct penetration of the skull into the intracranial cavity by foreign object:
- Direct or local damage to brain tissue
- Intracranial hemorrhage, including subdural, epidural, and intraparenchymal bleeds
- A bullet that hits the skull, ricochets off, and does not fracture the skull can still cause significant trauma to the underlying brain tissue
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Basics
Description
Penetrating injury to intracranial contents:Description
- High-velocity penetration: Usually bullets, which cause trauma directly to brain tissue and also have a “shock-wave” injury to local surrounding brain
- Low-velocity penetration: Usually knives, picks, or other sharp objects, with direct local trauma to brain tissue
Etiology
Etiology
- Direct penetration of the skull into the intracranial cavity by foreign object:
- Direct or local damage to brain tissue
- Intracranial hemorrhage, including subdural, epidural, and intraparenchymal bleeds
- A bullet that hits the skull, ricochets off, and does not fracture the skull can still cause significant trauma to the underlying brain tissue
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Citation
Schaider, Jeffrey J., et al., editors. "Head Trauma, Penetrating." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 5th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307177/all/Head_Trauma__Penetrating.
Head Trauma, Penetrating. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307177/all/Head_Trauma__Penetrating. Accessed March 26, 2023.
Head Trauma, Penetrating. (2016). In Schaider, J. J., Barkin, R. M., Hayden, S. R., Wolfe, R. E., Barkin, A. Z., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult (5th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307177/all/Head_Trauma__Penetrating
Head Trauma, Penetrating [Internet]. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, Wolfe RER, Barkin AZA, Shayne PP, Rosen PP, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. [cited 2023 March 26]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307177/all/Head_Trauma__Penetrating.
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