Ankle Fracture: Otto Part Three We pick up Otto’s story through the narrator of his wife. He is still in St. Germaine and she is in Madison, there daughter Nancy made if through the initial surgery to fix her skull, in her phone calls with him, he doesn’t seem to be..
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The neuron is made up of several different components, but the portion of it which is most exposed to injury in a shear mechanism is the axon, the long thin protrusion which can extend substantial distances across different layers of the brain. The primary role of a neuron is for..
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Motor Vehicle Wreck and TBI: Otto Part Two We know a little bit about Otto already with his motor vehicle wreck and TBI because of his contributions to Nancy’s story and the interweaving of his injuries with hers. See http://www.tbivoices.com/blog/index.php/braininjury/nancy-winter-wreck-leaves-9-year-old-girl-with-skull-fracture/ I asked him for more details about himself and the motor vehicle..
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Brain injury can be both focal or diffuse, when diffuse it takes four principal forms, although only three of these forms involve patients who have any chance of survival. Diffuse axonal brain injury; for more information, click here. Diffuse hypoxic/anoxic/ischemic injury; Diffuse swelling and Diffuse vascular injury. Diffuse axonal injury..
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Head Injury in the Family : Otto Part One While it is not a unique circumstance, imagine how much more difficult dealing with a pediatric brain injury caused by a skull fracture to your nine year old daughter would be, if one of the parents of such child, also suffers serious..
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For those interested in nuts-and-bolts information on the biomechanics of head injury, the publisher SAE International has released a three-volume work on the topic. ‘Head Injury Biomechanics,’ Edited by Jeffrey A. Pike, is aimed at those studying head injury from a broad range of causes, including transportation, falls, sports, personal violence..
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Brain Injured Children: Nancy Part Twenty Four As with most of my interviews, I ended with Nancy and her Mom asking them to share their thoughts to help others who were struggling with what they have been through with brain injured children. First, with Mom: You have given us a lot..
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Pediatric Severe Brain Injury Survivor: Nancy Part Twenty Three As I write this, Nancy has graduated from high school as a pediatric severe brain injury survivor. The issue remains what now? I asked her. What are you going to do after you graduate as a pediatric severe brain injury survivor? Well, the..
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Adulthood After Pediatric Severe Brain Injury: Nancy Part Twenty Two With many physical disabilities, a prosthesis can be designed which aids or replaces the functions done by the injured body part. While it has often been said that there is no prosthesis for the human brain, certain deficits of frontal lobe..
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Mood After Severe Pediatric Brain Injury: Nancy Part Twenty One As Mom explained in Part Nineteen, mood after severe pediatric brain injury is an ongoing issue for her. Her temper is the biggest mood after severe pediatric brain injury issue. Can you give me a feel for her mood after severe pediatric..
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