Accident is now the commonest cause of death under the age of 45 years in developed countries. Head injuries contribute to many fatal accidents, and are the only common cause of persisting disability in survivors. In Britain, which has less than half the head injury death rate (per unit of population) that prevails in North America, Australia, West Germany or France, there are a million patients attending British hospitals each year with head injury. Many of these are mildly injured, but even so there may be minor sequelae for weeks or months. There are about 7000 deaths each year, and at least 1500 patients leave hospital with permanent brain damage, half of them never to work again; as the average age of these severely injured survivors is under 30 years, they face many years of disability.


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    Title :

    Research in brain trauma


    Contributors:
    Jennett, B. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1980-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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