Head Injuries


This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical LibraryHead injuries include any damage to the scalp, skull, or brain and may be caused by traffic accidents, sports injuries, falls, workplace accidents or assaults.  The most serious consequence of head injuries is traumatic brain injury.  Head injuries fall into two categories:  closed head injuries and penetrating head injuries.  A closed head injury is caused by the collision of the head with another surface such as the head hitting a car's windshield.  In a penetrating head injury an object has lacerated the scalp, fractured the skull, and entered the brain.  Either type of injury can cause damage ranging from mild to severe and resulting in disability or death.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articlesMore reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources


Guides 

Sturm, Christopher D., et al. Head injury:  information and answers to commonly asked questions..  
        CONSUMER HEALTH WL 354 S787 1998

Head trauma sourcebook:  basic information for the layperson about open-head and closed-head injuries...
        CONSUMER HEALTH WL 354 H477 1997

Victor, Maurice. Adams and Victor's manual of neurology, 7th ed. p.925-53.  
        REF WL 100 A32m 2002

Rehabilitation of persons with traumatic brain injury. Current Bibliographies in Medicine.  No. 98-1 January 1988 through August 1998. National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine.
        INDEX STACKS


Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Jay, Gary W. Minor traumatic brain injury handbook:  diagnosis and treatment.
        WL 354 J293 2000

Currie, David G., et al. The management of head injuries. 2nd ed.
        WL 39 C877 2000

Kazdin, Alan E. (ed.). The encyclopedia of psychology. v.4, p.70-5.
        REF BF 31 E567 2000

Rehabilitation sourcebook: basic consumer health information about rehabilitation.... p.401-7,447-52.
        CONSUMER HEALTH WL 355 R432 2000


Selected textbooks

Cooper, Paul R. and John Golfinos (eds.).  Head injury , 4th ed.
        WE 706 H4 2000

Miller, Leonard P., et al (eds.). Head trauma: basic, preclinical, and clinical aspects.
        WL 354 H417 2000

Richardson, John T.E.  Clinical and neuropsychological aspects of closed head injury, 2nd ed.
        WE 706 R423 2000

Wrightson, Philip and Dorothy Gronwall. Mild head injury:  a guide to management.
        WL 354 W743 1999

Pre-hospital medicine: the principles and practice of immediate care. p. 291-303
        WB 105 P733 1999


More books 

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Craniocerebral Trauma
Head Injuries
Head Injuries, Closed
Brain Injuries
Athletic Injuries
Emergencies
Accidents
Wounds and Injuries

Selected journals 


More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Brain Injuries- Periodicals
Head Injuries  - Periodicals
Accidents - Periodicals
Emergency Medicine - Periodicals
Neurosurgery -Periodicals
Critical Care - Periodicals
Emergency Health Services - Periodicals
Intensive Care Units - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

Index Medicus & MEDLINE Database  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

Suggested subject headings: Craniocerebral Trauma
Trauma, Nervous System
Head Injuries, Closed
Head Injuries, Penetrating
Skull Fractures
Brain Injuries
Brain Concussion
Coma, Post-Head Injury

Academic Search Elite

Search using keywords: Head Injuries
Head Injury
Brain Concussion
Skull Fractures
Brain Injuries
Facial Injuries

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature & CINAHL Database  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

Suggested Subject headings: Head Injuries
Skull Fractures
Facial Injuries
Brain Injuries
Brain Concussion

Selected journal articles

Narayan RK, et al.  Clinical trials in head injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2002 May; 19(5):503-57.

Bailes JE,et al. Head injury in athletes. Neurosurgery. 2001 Jan;48(1):26-45,discussion 45-6.

Kelly DF, et al.  Hypopituitarism following traumatic brain injury and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a preliminary report. Journal of Neurosurgery . 2000 Nov; 93(5):743-52.

Donders J, et al. Neurobehavioral recovery after pediatric head trauma: injury, pre-injury, and post-injury issues. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 2000 Apr; 15(2):792-803..

Gabriel EJ, et al.  Guidelines for prehospital management of traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2002 Jan; 19(1):111-74.

Hesdorffer DC, et al. Predictors of compliance with the evidence-based guidelines for traumatic brain injury care: a survey of United States trauma centers. Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, & Critical Care. 2002 Jun; 52(6):1202-9.


More reference sources

Cantu, Robert C. (ed.).  Neurologic athletic head and spine injuries.
        WL 354 N488 2000

Manual of trauma and emergency surgery. p.19-33.
       WO 700 M268 2000

Mason, J.K. and B.N.Purdue (eds.).  The pathology of trauma.  3rd ed. p.191-210
        W 775 P273 2000


Specialized sources

National Safety Council.  Injury facts. p.53,55,65-73.
        REF WA 900 .AA1 N277 2001

Neurological emergencies in head trauma.
        AUDIOVISUALS WB 100 N253 No.624 1992

Department of Neurosurgery.  601-984-5711.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Domenic P. Esposito, MD. desposito@neurosurgery.umsmed.edu


Selected electronic sources

Head Injuries: What to Watch for Afterward - AAFP Family Health
http://familydoctor.org/healthfacts/084/

MEDLINEplus: Head and Brain Injuries
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/headandbraininjuries.html

Family Caregiver Alliance Clearinghouse Fact Sheet: Head Injury
http://www.caregiver.org/factsheets/diagnoses/head_injuries.html

Head Injuries
http://www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/Peds/CQQA/headinjuries.htm

eMedicine-Head Trauma
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic929.htm


Author:  Ardis Haaland
Copyright 2002 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson