Traumatic brain injury caused by 'balconing'
| Autor: | Pablo Pujol Valverde, Abdo Tache, Secundino Martín Ferrer, Carol Lorencio, Jordi Pérez-Bovet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study business.industry Traumatic brain injury Medical record medicine.medical_treatment Diffuse axonal injury Population Poison control General Medicine medicine.disease Polytrauma Emergency medicine Injury prevention medicine Surgery Decompressive craniectomy Neurology (clinical) Medical emergency business education |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Neurosurgery. 29:41-45 |
| ISSN: | 1360-046X 0268-8697 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/02688697.2014.952269 |
| Popis: | The term "balconing" refers to the practice of jumping from hotel balconies or roofs to swimming pools, or between hotel balconies. This activity is performed by young vacationists in certain European touristic locations, and it is perceived as a recreational practice. The activity generates a small but constant flow of patients with fall-related severe brain and systemic injuries. Our institution is a reference hospital for severe trauma in a geographic zone where "balconing" activity takes place. We have retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients sustaining "balconing"-related injuries. Salient features regarding epidemiology, neurosurgical injuries, systemic injuries, and outcome are described. With this series of cases, we aim to present "balconing" as a cause of traumatic brain injury and polytrauma in a defined population, and to express the concern this group of patients generate. Language: en |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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