TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1975//
TI  - Patients with head injury who talk and die
JO  - Lancet
A1  - Reilly, P. L.
A1  - Graham, D. I.
A1  - Adams, J. H.
A1  - Jennett, B.
SP  - 375
EP  - 377
VL  - 2
IS  - 7931
N2  - Of 66 patients with head injuries who had talked at some time after injury, 25% did not have intracranial haematoma at necropsy. Most of these had raised intracranial pressure (I.C.P.), and the commonest finding was local swelling related to contusions. Almost half of the non-haematoma cases had ischaemic or hypoxic brain damage, usually without contusions; 3 were children who had had status epilepticus. Fatality without raised I.C.P. was most often due to meningitis. In deteriorating patients without haematoma mortality and morbidity might be reduced by more diagnosis and treatment, particularly of raised I.C.P.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-6736
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -