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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Paediatric head injury decisions in the accident and emergency department

Brookes, Marie T. January 1997 (has links)
No description available.
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Sinais clínicos de fratura da base do crânio e seu desempenho no diagnóstico dessa lesão / Clinical signs associated with skull base fracture and its performance on the diagnosis of this injury.

Solai, Cibele Andres 17 July 2013 (has links)
Introdução: A fragilidade dos sinais clínicos de fratura de base do crânio (FBC) para o diagnóstico dessa lesão, contraposta pela relevância atribuída a esses sinais, motivou a atual investigação, tendo em vista, sobretudo, a importância do diagnóstico dessa fratura nas intervenções iniciais ao doente traumatizado. Objetivos: Descrever o desempenho dos sinais clínicos de FBC para o diagnóstico dessa lesão; verificar o desempenho do hematoma periorbital e/ou rinorreia para diferenciar a fratura de fossa anterior das demais fraturas da base do crânio; descrever o tempo pós-trauma de aparecimento dos sinais clínicos em vítimas com e sem FBC; descrever o desempenho dos sinais de FBC na identificação precoce desse tipo de lesão; verificar a associação entre a presença de sinais clínicos de FBC e as variáveis idade do paciente e gravidade do trauma craniencefálico (TCE). Método: Estudo prospectivo do tipo follow up realizado por meio de observação estruturada de vítimas de TCE até 48 horas após trauma. Foram estudados indivíduos com idade 12 anos, com TCE contuso, atendidos na Unidade de Emergência Cirúrgica da Casa de Saúde Santa Marcelina entre agosto de 2012 e janeiro de 2013. Essa investigação foi focada nos sinais de FBC clássicos, apreciados rotineiramente na prática assistencial: hematoma periorbital, hematoma retroauricular, otorreia e rinorreia. Nas análises, o padrão-ouro para diagnóstico de FBC foi a tomografia computadorizada ou a visualização direta dessa fratura em cirurgia. Para avaliar o desempenho dos sinais clínicos de FBC, foi calculado seu valor preditivo positivo (VPP) e negativo (VPN), a sensibilidade, a especificidade e a acurácia. O teste quiquadrado foi aplicado para verificar as associações entre as variáveis. Resultados: A casuística foi composta de 136 vítimas com TCE, das quais 28 tiveram FBC. Os sinais clínicos de FBC observados nas primeiras 48 horas pós-trauma apresentaram VPP = 25,7%, VPN = 94,3%, sensibilidade de 92,8%, especificidade de 30,5% e acurácia de 43,4%. Quando detectados na primeira hora, os sinais clínicos tiveram o seguinte desempenho: VPP = 27,1%, VPN = 86,4%, sensibilidade de 67,8%, especificidade de 52,8% e acurácia de 55,9%. Vítimas com e sem FBC tiveram evidências clínicas desse tipo de fratura após a primeira hora do trauma, 21,0% entre 1 e 6 horas e 9,0% após 6 horas. Entre os indivíduos com FBC e sinais clínicos, 26,9% tiveram manifestação mais tardia desse tipo de lesão. A presença de sinais clínicos de FBC em vítimas de TCE se associou com a sua gravidade (p = 0,041 e 0,002), porém não esteve relacionada com a idade (p = 0,350). Nas vítimas com FBC, as evidências clínicas específicas de lesão de fossa anterior tiveram acurácia de 53,6%, VPP = 42,8%, VPN = 85,5%, sensibilidade de 90,0% e especificidade de 33,3%. Conclusão: Os resultados do atual estudo contraindiciam a valorização dos sinais de FBC na decisão do uso da via nasal para introdução de cateter e cânulas no atendimento inicial da vítima de trauma, visto que é baixa a acurácia desses sinais, sua presença tem pouco valor clínico e a ausência apresenta bom valor preditivo tardiamente. / Introduction: The fragility of the clinical signs for skull base fracture (SBF) diagnosis and, on the other hand, the importance attributed to these signals motivated this research, especially because of the importance of the fracture diagnosis in the first interventions on the trauma patient. Objectives: To describe the performance of clinical signs on the SBF diagnosis; to verify the performance of periorbital hematoma and/or rhinorrhea to differentiate a anterior fossa fracture from other skull base fractures; to describe the trauma clinical signs onset in victims with or without SBF; to describe the signs performance in the early identification of SBF; to verify the association between SBF clinical signs and age of the patient and severity of head injury (SHI) variables. Methods: Prospective follow-up conducted through structured observation of skull brain trauma (SBT) victims within 48 hours after trauma. The study was about subjects aged 12 years with blunt SBT, treated at the Emergency Surgical Unit at the Santa Marcelina Hospital between August 2012 and January 2013. This investigation was focused on classical SBF signs routinely examinated in healthcare practice: periorbital hematoma, retroauricular hematoma, otorrhea and rhinorrhea. In the analysis, the gold standard for SBF diagnosis was computed tomography or direct visualization of the fracture on surgery. To evaluate the performance of SBF clinical signs, it was calculated its positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV), sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. The chi-square test was used to assess relationships between variables. Results: The sample consisted of 136 SBT victims, 28 of whom had SBF. Clinical signs of SBF observed in the first 48 hours post-trauma showed PPV 25.7%, NPV 94.3%, sensitivity 92.8%, specificity 30.5% and accuracy 43.4%. When detected in the first hour, the clinical signs performed as follows: PPV 27.1%, NPV 86.4%, sensitivity 67.8%, specificity 52.8% and accuracy 55.9%. Victims with or without SBF showed clinical evidence of this kind of fracture after the first hour of injury, 21,0% between 1 and 6 hours and 9,0% after 6 hours. Among individuals with SBF and clinical signs, 26.9% had a later manifestation of this lesion. The presence of SBF clinical signs in SBT was associated with severity (p = 0.041 and 0.002), but was not related with age (p = 0.350). In victims with SBF, specific clinical evidence of anterior fossa injury had an accuracy of 53.6%, PPV 42.8%, NPV 85.5%, sensitivity 90,0% and specificity 33.3%. Conclusion: The results of this study contraindicated the recovery of SBF signs in the decision of the nasal cannula use and catheter placement in the initial care of the trauma victim, since the accuracy of these signals is low, their presence has little clinical value and the absence has good predictive value later.
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Sinais clínicos de fratura da base do crânio e seu desempenho no diagnóstico dessa lesão / Clinical signs associated with skull base fracture and its performance on the diagnosis of this injury.

Cibele Andres Solai 17 July 2013 (has links)
Introdução: A fragilidade dos sinais clínicos de fratura de base do crânio (FBC) para o diagnóstico dessa lesão, contraposta pela relevância atribuída a esses sinais, motivou a atual investigação, tendo em vista, sobretudo, a importância do diagnóstico dessa fratura nas intervenções iniciais ao doente traumatizado. Objetivos: Descrever o desempenho dos sinais clínicos de FBC para o diagnóstico dessa lesão; verificar o desempenho do hematoma periorbital e/ou rinorreia para diferenciar a fratura de fossa anterior das demais fraturas da base do crânio; descrever o tempo pós-trauma de aparecimento dos sinais clínicos em vítimas com e sem FBC; descrever o desempenho dos sinais de FBC na identificação precoce desse tipo de lesão; verificar a associação entre a presença de sinais clínicos de FBC e as variáveis idade do paciente e gravidade do trauma craniencefálico (TCE). Método: Estudo prospectivo do tipo follow up realizado por meio de observação estruturada de vítimas de TCE até 48 horas após trauma. Foram estudados indivíduos com idade 12 anos, com TCE contuso, atendidos na Unidade de Emergência Cirúrgica da Casa de Saúde Santa Marcelina entre agosto de 2012 e janeiro de 2013. Essa investigação foi focada nos sinais de FBC clássicos, apreciados rotineiramente na prática assistencial: hematoma periorbital, hematoma retroauricular, otorreia e rinorreia. Nas análises, o padrão-ouro para diagnóstico de FBC foi a tomografia computadorizada ou a visualização direta dessa fratura em cirurgia. Para avaliar o desempenho dos sinais clínicos de FBC, foi calculado seu valor preditivo positivo (VPP) e negativo (VPN), a sensibilidade, a especificidade e a acurácia. O teste quiquadrado foi aplicado para verificar as associações entre as variáveis. Resultados: A casuística foi composta de 136 vítimas com TCE, das quais 28 tiveram FBC. Os sinais clínicos de FBC observados nas primeiras 48 horas pós-trauma apresentaram VPP = 25,7%, VPN = 94,3%, sensibilidade de 92,8%, especificidade de 30,5% e acurácia de 43,4%. Quando detectados na primeira hora, os sinais clínicos tiveram o seguinte desempenho: VPP = 27,1%, VPN = 86,4%, sensibilidade de 67,8%, especificidade de 52,8% e acurácia de 55,9%. Vítimas com e sem FBC tiveram evidências clínicas desse tipo de fratura após a primeira hora do trauma, 21,0% entre 1 e 6 horas e 9,0% após 6 horas. Entre os indivíduos com FBC e sinais clínicos, 26,9% tiveram manifestação mais tardia desse tipo de lesão. A presença de sinais clínicos de FBC em vítimas de TCE se associou com a sua gravidade (p = 0,041 e 0,002), porém não esteve relacionada com a idade (p = 0,350). Nas vítimas com FBC, as evidências clínicas específicas de lesão de fossa anterior tiveram acurácia de 53,6%, VPP = 42,8%, VPN = 85,5%, sensibilidade de 90,0% e especificidade de 33,3%. Conclusão: Os resultados do atual estudo contraindiciam a valorização dos sinais de FBC na decisão do uso da via nasal para introdução de cateter e cânulas no atendimento inicial da vítima de trauma, visto que é baixa a acurácia desses sinais, sua presença tem pouco valor clínico e a ausência apresenta bom valor preditivo tardiamente. / Introduction: The fragility of the clinical signs for skull base fracture (SBF) diagnosis and, on the other hand, the importance attributed to these signals motivated this research, especially because of the importance of the fracture diagnosis in the first interventions on the trauma patient. Objectives: To describe the performance of clinical signs on the SBF diagnosis; to verify the performance of periorbital hematoma and/or rhinorrhea to differentiate a anterior fossa fracture from other skull base fractures; to describe the trauma clinical signs onset in victims with or without SBF; to describe the signs performance in the early identification of SBF; to verify the association between SBF clinical signs and age of the patient and severity of head injury (SHI) variables. Methods: Prospective follow-up conducted through structured observation of skull brain trauma (SBT) victims within 48 hours after trauma. The study was about subjects aged 12 years with blunt SBT, treated at the Emergency Surgical Unit at the Santa Marcelina Hospital between August 2012 and January 2013. This investigation was focused on classical SBF signs routinely examinated in healthcare practice: periorbital hematoma, retroauricular hematoma, otorrhea and rhinorrhea. In the analysis, the gold standard for SBF diagnosis was computed tomography or direct visualization of the fracture on surgery. To evaluate the performance of SBF clinical signs, it was calculated its positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV), sensitivity, specificity and accuracy. The chi-square test was used to assess relationships between variables. Results: The sample consisted of 136 SBT victims, 28 of whom had SBF. Clinical signs of SBF observed in the first 48 hours post-trauma showed PPV 25.7%, NPV 94.3%, sensitivity 92.8%, specificity 30.5% and accuracy 43.4%. When detected in the first hour, the clinical signs performed as follows: PPV 27.1%, NPV 86.4%, sensitivity 67.8%, specificity 52.8% and accuracy 55.9%. Victims with or without SBF showed clinical evidence of this kind of fracture after the first hour of injury, 21,0% between 1 and 6 hours and 9,0% after 6 hours. Among individuals with SBF and clinical signs, 26.9% had a later manifestation of this lesion. The presence of SBF clinical signs in SBT was associated with severity (p = 0.041 and 0.002), but was not related with age (p = 0.350). In victims with SBF, specific clinical evidence of anterior fossa injury had an accuracy of 53.6%, PPV 42.8%, NPV 85.5%, sensitivity 90,0% and specificity 33.3%. Conclusion: The results of this study contraindicated the recovery of SBF signs in the decision of the nasal cannula use and catheter placement in the initial care of the trauma victim, since the accuracy of these signals is low, their presence has little clinical value and the absence has good predictive value later.
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Finite Element Simulation of Skull Fracture Evoked by Fall Injuries

Vicini, Anthony 04 May 2015 (has links)
No description available.
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Brain injury criteria based on computation of axonal elongation / Critère de blessure cérébral basé sur le calcul de l’élongation axonale

Sahoo, Debasis 19 December 2013 (has links)
Ce travail de thèse vise à mieux décrire les mécanismes de lésions de la tête humaine en situation de choc en optimisant le modèle par éléments finis de la tête humaine de Strasbourg (SUFEHM) en termes de modélisation mécanique du crâne et du cerveau grâce à de nouvelles données expérimentales et de techniques récentes d’imagerie médicales. Une première étape a consisté à améliorer la loi de comportement de la boîte crânienne, valider son comportement en regards d’éléments expérimentaux sur cadavres et proposer un MEF capable de reproduire fidèlement la fracture crânienne. La deuxième partie consiste en la prise en compte pour la première fois de l’anisotropie dans les simulations par EF d’accidents réels en utilisant l’Imagerie du Tenseur de Diffusion. Après implémentation, une phase de validation a été entreprise afin de démontrer l’apport de l’anisotropie de la matière cérébrale dans un MEF. Enfin 125 accidents réels ont été reproduits avec le SUFEHM ainsi amélioré. Une étude statistique sur les paramètres mécaniques calculés a permis de proposer des limites de tolérances en termes de fracture crânienne et de lésions neurologiques en s’intéressant tout particulièrement à l’élongation axonale maximale admissible, nouvelle métrique proposée. / The principal objective of this study is to enhance the existing finite element head model. A composite material model for skull, taking into account damage is implemented in the Strasbourg University Finite Element Head Model in order to enhance the existing skull mechanical constitutive law. The skull behavior is validated in terms of fracture patterns and contact forces by reconstructing 15 experimental cases in collaboration with Medical College of Wisconsin. The new skull model is capable of reproducing skull fracture precisely. The composite skull model is validated not only for maximum forces, but also for lateral impact against actual force time curves from PMHS for the first time. This study also proposes the implementation of fractional anisotropy and axonal fiber orientation from Diffusion Tensor Imaging of 12 healthy patients into an existing human FE head model to develop a more realistic brain model with advanced constitutive laws. Further, the brain behavior was validated in terms of brain strain against experimental data. A reasonable agreement was observed between the simulation and experimental data. Results showed the feasibility of integrating axonal direction information into FE analysis and established the context of computation of axonal elongation in case of head trauma. A total 125 reconstructions were done by using the new advanced FEHM and the axonal strain was found to be the pertinent parameter to predict DAI.
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Investigations of Modern-Day Head Injuries: Safety Provided by Youth Football Helmets and Risk Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Stark, David 08 July 2019 (has links)
No description available.

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