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Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of preventative measures and treatments for head injuries.
Created November 2007
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Helmets for preventing head and facial injuries in bicyclists
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Cycling is a healthy and popular activity for people of all ages. Crashes involving bicyclists are, however, common and often involve motor vehicles. Head injuries are responsible for around three-quarters of deaths among bicyclists involved in crashes....
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Jul 1999
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Therapeutic hypothermia for head injury
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Severe head injury can damage the brain, and damage continues occurring in the brain for some time after the initial injury. Mild hypothermia treatment (cooling) has been a common strategy to slow down some of the brain changes that cause continuing dam...
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Jul 2004
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Helmets for preventing injury in motorcycle riders
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Motorcyclists are at high risk in traffic crashes, particularly for head injury. A review of studies concluded that helmets reduce the risk of head injury by around 69% and death by around 42%. There is, so far, insufficient evidence to compare the effe...
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| Date: |
Oct 2007
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Anti-epileptic drugs for preventing seizures following acute traumatic brain injury
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Severe head injury can injure the brain. The damage can be worsened by seizures (abnormal electrical brain discharges) happening after the initial injury. Often, anti-epileptic drugs are used to try to prevent seizures and further damage in people who h...
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| Date: |
Aug 2001
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| Title: |
Hyperventilation therapy for acute traumatic brain injury
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Traumatic brain injury is a major cause of premature death and disability. Severe head injury can trigger brain swelling, so increasing pressure on the brain (raised intracranial pressure, ICP). Raised ICP increases the likelihood of brain damage or dea...
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| Date: |
Jul 1997
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| Title: |
Aminosteroids for acute traumatic brain injury
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. After the initial blow to the head, additional brain damage can occur through a reduction of oxygen to the brain tissues (cerebral hypoxia). Chemicals called aminosteroids have been show...
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| Date: |
May 1999
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| Title: |
Nutritional support for head-injured patients
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
After a moderate or severe head injury, patients use more energy as their body's metabolism is working at a greater rate. This increases the body's nutritional requirements which may lead to malnutrition and other complications. ...
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| Date: |
Aug 2006
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| Title: |
Non-legislative interventions for the promotion of cycle helmet wearing by children
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Many children suffer head injuries while riding a bike. The review focused on encouraging children to wear helmets, as distinct from compelling them to do so through laws. The reviewers wanted to find out which sort of campaigns work best particularly ...
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Feb 2005
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| Title: |
Routine intracranial pressure monitoring in acute coma
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| Publisher: |
John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Studies in traumatic encephalopathy first led to the insight that the damage seen was not just due to direct consequences of the primary injury. A significant, and potentially preventable, contribution to the overall morbidity arose from secondary hypoxic-ischaemic damage. Brain swelling accompanied by raised intracranial pressure (ICP) resulted in inadequate cerebral perfusion with well-oxygenated blood. Detection of raised ICP could be useful in alerting clinicians to the need to improve cerebral perfusion, with consequent reductions in brain injury.
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Interventions for acute auricular haematoma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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| Description: |
Acute auricular haematoma is a condition where a collection of blood forms in the pinna, often following blunt trauma. If untreated it will result in the 'cauliflower ear' or 'wrestler's ear' deformity. The review found no trials of good quality to demo...
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Feb 2004
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