Head Injury
Definition
Head injury refers to any damage to the scalp, skull, or brain. There are two general categories of head injuries: closed and penetrating. A closed head injury is one in which t...
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Head Injury
Injury to the head may damage the scalp, skull or brain, with results ranging from mild to fatal. Head injuries can be caused by traffic accidents, sports injuries, falls, workplace accide...
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Head Injury
Closed head injuries (CHI; nonpenetrating head injury produced by sudden acceleration/deceleration, as in motor vehicle crashes) often cause memory impairments. Both retrograde amnesia (RA...
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