Sensitivity of the WISC-III to Injury Severity in Children With Traumatic Head Injury

Assessment ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Donders
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Traumatic Head Injury ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adequate Measure ◽  
Traumatic Head ◽  
Factor Index ◽  
Freedom From Distractibility ◽  
Measure Of Performance

The criterion validity of the factor index scores of the third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) was evaluated in a sample of 88 children with traumatic head injury. (THI). Only Perceptual Organization and Processing Speed scores demonstrated acceptable sensitivity to injury severity. It is concluded that Processing Speed is an adequate measure of performance efficiency, but that Freedom from Distractibility may not be an adequate measure of attention in children with THI.

Assessment of bicycle–car accidents under four different types of collision

2017 ◽  
Vol 231 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurencas Raslavičius ◽  
Liudas Bazaras ◽  
Artūras Keršys ◽  
Vaidas Lukoševičius ◽  
Rolandas Makaras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Tensile Force ◽  
Traumatic Head Injury ◽  
Left Turn ◽  
Leg Injuries ◽  
Head Injury Criterion ◽  
Car Accidents ◽  
Severity Prediction ◽  
Traumatic Head

Bicycle riders are among the highest risk group in traffic. A cyclist simulation study captured kinematics and injuries to legs, pelvis, neck, and head for one human body size. We analyzed the number of parameters (forces acting on left and right tibia, head injury criterion, neck tensile force, neck shear force, and pelvic acceleration) for each of the four different cases: bicyclist ride out—residential driveway, motorist overtaking—undetected bicyclist, bicyclist left turn—same direction, and bicyclist right turn—opposite direction. The comparison of simulation outcomes for leg injuries with official hospital records has shown a very good correlation in terms of injury severity prediction. This study concludes that if countermeasures to prevent fatal cyclist injury in car impacts were to be concentrated on mitigating head and neck impact to the windscreen of the car, a dominant share of fatal cyclist crashes and severe traumatic head injury cases at collision speeds exceeding 40 km/h could be prevented.

VALIDATION OF A RELATIVE HEAD INJURY SEVERITY SCALE FOR STRATIFICATION OF TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA

2004 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1380
Author(s):  
Sara Cuff ◽  
Thomas Sullivan ◽  
Donald Risucci ◽  
Adil Haider ◽  
Peter Nealon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Pediatric Trauma ◽  
Severity Scale ◽  
Traumatic Head Injury ◽  
Traumatic Head ◽  
Head Injury Severity

PTSD and Traumatic Head Injury: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go?

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Bryant ◽  
Jennifer J. Vasterling ◽  
Charles W. Hoge ◽  
Janet Harris
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Traumatic Head Injury ◽  
Traumatic Head

S-100B in Serum and Urine After Traumatic Head Injury in Children

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Hallén ◽  
Mathias Karlsson ◽  
Rickard Carlhed ◽  
Thomas Hallgren ◽  
Mikael Bergenheim
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Traumatic Head Injury ◽  
Traumatic Head ◽  
Serum And Urine
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