A teenager with head injury
A teenage cyclist attended the emergency department after colliding with another bike during competition and fell on his right side. The patient sustained a right-side head injury with helmet. The patient complained of amnesia but claimed there was no loss of consciousness or vomiting. On examinatio...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Hong Kong journal of emergency medicine 2018-01, Vol.25 (1), p.37-38 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A teenage cyclist attended the emergency department after colliding with another bike during competition and fell on his right side. The patient sustained a right-side head injury with helmet. The patient complained of amnesia but claimed there was no loss of consciousness or vomiting. On examination, the patient was alert and conscious with Glasgow Coma Scale 15/15. Vital signs were stable. Pupils were 3 mm equal bilaterally and reactive to light. There was a 10-cm deep laceration wound from his right forehead just above the lateral end of eyebrow down to zygomatic region and a 2-cm laceration wound over his philtrum. Examination of the patient's right ear revealed hemotympanum. Computed tomography (CT) of brain was done |
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ISSN: | 1024-9079 2309-5407 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1024907917742890 |