[The diagnosis of peacetime firearms craniocerebral wounds in the acute period]

Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko. 1996 Oct-Dec:(4):19-22.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The paper deals with the diagnostic potentialities of using various techniques in the wounded persons with arms-induced brain injuries. The diagnosis of arms-induced wounds of the skull and brain must be comprehensive and made concurrently with therapeutical measures. The instrumental methods must be applied to the extent accessible for the given wounded person and a study should be stopped immediately after a diagnosis is established.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Injuries / diagnosis*
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Echoencephalography
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Fractures / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Gunshot / diagnosis*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnosis