utswmed.org/medblog/tbi-older-adults
Mar 17, 2016 ... After a fall or other accident, the bridging veins can develop a slow blood leak called a subdural hematoma – a bruise in the brain that doesn't ...
weillcornellbrainandspine.org/solving-brain-bleeds-elderly
Nov 13, 2019 ... A major fall resulting in an acute bleed may be diagnosed and treated ... after multiple bumps, the blood forms a pool between the brain and its ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758513
Jul 6, 2012 ... Though elderly people in general did fare worse after traumatic brain ... In the United States (Oklahoma), the rate of elderly fall causing TBI ... Intracranial b...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210833513000026
Since elderly patients often have brain atrophy, this allows a larger space ... in the accident and emergency department showed a blood pressure of 174/75 ...
www.webmd.com/brain/subdural-hematoma-symptoms-causes-treatments
Aug 11, 2020 ... A subdural hematoma is a collection of blood outside the brain. ... A person may appear normal for days after a head injury, but slowly become ... caused by a he...
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/intracranial-hematoma/symptoms-causes/syc-20356145
Jun 13, 2020 ... It's most commonly caused by the rupture of a blood vessel within the brain or from trauma such as a car accident or fall. The blood collection ...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151127101940.htm
Nov 27, 2015 ... In the worst case, falling may result in brain hemorrhage. ... trauma, or who had used anticoagulants were alive at one year after the surgery.
www.hindawi.com/journals/bn/2015/845491
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major health problem, with high mortality in severe TBI [1]. ... Determining the prognosis after TBI is challenging, in particular when it ... o...
www.mdedge.com/internalmedicine/article/20363/neurology/elderly-patients-face-uphill-battle-brain-bleeds
Feb 3, 2011 ... NAPLES, Fla. – About one-third of elderly patients who underwent a cranial operation for traumatic brain injury die in the hospital, and one-half ...
www.nursinghomelawcenter.org/news/falls-in-nursing-homes/even-common-falls-put-elderly-at-risk-for-developing-subdural-hematomas
Oct 9, 2009 ... ... the elderly can frequently result in brain bleeds or technically termed ... A person may even appear fine after a head injury, which is called the lucid ... Fa...