{"id":1024,"date":"2017-05-31T06:29:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T06:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/neurology\/head-injury\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","slug":"head-injury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/neurology\/head-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Head Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Data gathering<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; LOC, drowsy, progressive headache, recurrent vomiting, amnesia, warfarin, CSF leak<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; mechanism<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211; CN, bruising around eyes\/ears<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Clinical management<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigations\n<ul>\n<li>CT head<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Analgesia<\/li>\n<li>Supervision 24hours<\/li>\n<li>Avoid driving, alcohol, sedatives until fully recovered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Followup \/ Safety-net\n<ul>\n<li>concussion, written info &#8211; headaches, reduced concentration<\/li>\n<li>ask friend\/family to read information<\/li>\n<li>review in 2 weeks if ongoing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NB:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beware of delayed subdural particularly in elderly, alcohol excess, confusion, balance changes, increased falls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data gathering Red flags &#8211; LOC, drowsy, progressive headache, recurrent vomiting, amnesia, warfarin, CSF leak Others &#8211; mechanism Examine &#8211; CN, bruising around eyes\/ears &nbsp; Clinical management Investigations CT head Treatment Analgesia Supervision 24hours Avoid driving, alcohol, sedatives until fully recovered Followup \/ Safety-net concussion, written info &#8211; headaches, reduced concentration ask friend\/family to read &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/neurology\/head-injury\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Head Injury<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":378,"menu_order":152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1024","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1555,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024\/revisions\/1555"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}