Current concepts in brain resuscitation

Article Abstract:

Restoring the brain to life (cerebral resuscitation) has become an exciting area of research in critical care medicine. Use of barbiturates as sedatives, hypnotics or intravenous anesthetics has not been as effective in protecting the brain as researchers had hoped. In order to develop more effective treatments, additional research is required to understand the biochemical effects of ischemia (deficient blood flow) and how ischemia affects metabolism within a cell. In addition, researchers need to understand how ischemia and hypoxia (inadequate oxygen flow) interrupt the genetic processes within cells. Much progress has been made in the last decade in the area of critical care research, particularly in the study of the physiological aspects of brain injuries due to lack of blood flow. This progress should encourage researchers to continue their investigations for more effective therapies.

Care and treatment, Analysis, Cerebral circulation, Prevention, Physiological aspects, Cerebral edema, Cerebral ischemia, Brain damage, Free radical reactions, Membrane lipids, column, Cerebral anoxia

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Horseback-riding-associated traumatic brain injuries - Oklahoma, 1992-1994

Article Abstract:

Head injuries from horseback riding are a small percentage of total head injuries, but they account for substantial disability. There were 109 traumatic brain injuries from horseback riding in Oklahoma between 1992 and 1994. Most of the injuries occurred when the rider was thrown from the horse. Ninety percent of the injuries occurred during recreational riding. Three people died and 79% of the survivors had some symptom of brain injury such as loss of consciousness, amnesia or persistent neurologic complication. Five percent sustained a critical brain injury. The true number of head injuries from horseback riding may never be known, since only those hospitalized are tracked by the Oklahoma State Department of Health. National surveys reveal that many people injured in horseback riding are never hospitalized. The risk of head injuries can be reduced by wearing a riding helmet.

Accidents, Horsemanship, Horsemen and horsewomen

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A population-based study of inflicted traumatic brain injury in young children

Article Abstract:

Eighty children in North Carolina were hospitalized with brain injuries caused by child abuse in 2000-2001. Babies were more likely to be injured than toddlers and boys more likely to be injured than girls. Other risk factors for abusive brain injuries were non-European American race, a mother 21 years old or younger, and multiple birth.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, North Carolina, Labor Distribution by Employer, Child Abuse, Statistics, Demographic aspects

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