title: Neurologic trauma concerns.
abstract: Patients with underlying medical illnesses or conditions will comprise a progressively larger proportion of head-injury patients given the aging of the general population and improved survival in serious illnesses. Age and underlying illness can influence the presentation, management, and outcome of head injuries by increasing the frequency, severity, and complications from head injury. This article examines the conditions that are most often associated with head injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Zwimpfer
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Moulton
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015897:Comorbidity; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014194:Traumatology / Q000379:methods*