1. World problems
  2. Head injuries

Head injuries

  • Skull fracture
  • Scalp wounds
  • Skull fractures
  • Head injury
  • Fracture of face bones

Incidence

Head injuries are very common in alcoholics, either from traffic accidents, acts of violence or falls. A study showed that of 100 patients admitted as emergencies with head injuries, 58 were intoxicated, of whom 43 were alcohol dependent.

Broader

Injuries
Presentable
Bone fractures
Unpresentable

Narrower

Concussion
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Meningitis
Presentable
Memory defects
Presentable
Deafness
Presentable
Prosopagnosia
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Related

Whiplash injury
Unpresentable

Value

Injury
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Locomotive, integumentary system
  • Medicine » Skeletal system » Skeletal system
  • Medicine » Skin
  • Societal problems » Accidents
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    G5105
    DOCID
    11751050
    D7NID
    139947
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020