Closed head injury: a simplified approach.
In early evaluation of the head-injured patient one must continuously be alert for signs requiring operative intervention. If a neurologic deficit is in evolution, it should manifest itself by producing a change which will not be missed by careful frequent clinical evaluation.
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001831:Body Temperature; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods; D011674:Pulse; D011859:Radiography; D012119:Respiration; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating